"You seem awfully quiet there Yami-chan, something the matter?" Aya asked noticing the dead blank expression she wore. She had turned this way shortly after she received the text from Izie about Hinata that seemed to have suddenly bothered her. She looked down at her phone one more time, opening the purple device,

"I heard Hinata came all this way because he was looking for his long lost love! And guess who it turned out to be? The prez, Ayuzawa!"

They were finally making way towards Aya's house and Yamouri was not really in the mood anymore. Only wanting to go home and take a nap. Her brother wouldn't be home till late as always from his third job, and so there was nothing else to do besides homework. Aya took advantage of this and tried to get Yamouri to go out and have a little fun, after being so serious all the time. Once inside Aya's home and after greeting her mother they rushed and ran up to her pinkified room. Yes you could say Aya was the typical girly girl. Everything was superficial with her, and people always wondered why a calm, quiet, smart, girl like Yamouri would hang around someone like that. Never the less she was trying her best to comfort her after all.

"Alright, we should get started on English since that was confusing me most today…" Yamouri sighed taking a seat on the floor.

"Yami-chan I think we should save the homework for later!" Aya exclaimed with a dead serious look on her face.

"Uhm…. No I'll fall behind…" She mumbled, but somewhere deep inside she liked the idea. She spent most of her time studying trying to follow the student council's footsteps in being a studious person, but there was little time for fun. On top of that she was in a gloomy mood since the death of her mother. "Alright what do you have in mind…?" Yamouri sighed.

Aya clapped her hands and walked towards the window to look outside real kick.

"Just follow me and I'll show you!"

Yamouri tiredly got up and walked after Aya who had run out the door and down the hallway. She saw her slip on her shoes and open the door. There she waited until Yamouri finally made it herself. Aya started to power walk on the sidewalk with Yamouri close behind. They decided to make it into a race as they headed towards the mall. After a few minutes of running they finally made it. It was especially crowed today, what with a clearance going on in a few of the stores. Yamouri followed Aya through a mob and onto some stairs as they made way to the next floor. Aya's eyes seemed to gleam at all the fashion boutiques, while Yamouri stayed calm and occasionally pulled out her phone to see if her brother had any updates. They finally made it to the place Aya was yearning to see and Yamouri stood by only looking, but not in the mood for shopping. Yamouri spotted a candy store across from their area and immediately felt some relieve.

"Chocolate! That's what I need right now… chocolate cures everything," She told herself and excused herself from Aya who was busy gathering things to try on.

It seemed effortlessly for her as she floated through the crowd keeping her eyes set on a box that was sitting in the window. She placed her hand on the glass, looking inside and smiling slightly then remembered her mother once scolding her for eating too many sweets.

"It won't hurt if I just have a bar…" She said softly and walked inside looking around. Immediately she started to grab things and hold them in her arms. She turned into another aisle and in bewilderment dropped the load, causing people to turn and stare. There, a few feet away was Hinata himself looking at something on a shelf. Not even aware of her little incident he continued to read something. Yamouri felt herself lose her cool slowly. She brushed back her bangs and started to pick her items up while others walked by.

"What is he doing here….why now… aw man…why do I have such bad luck…." She whined. She stood back up and noticed his determined concentrated look and couldn't help herself but smile. That was when he turned to look at her with a twinkle in his eye, most likely from the lighting in the store. Yamouri dropped one of her items again feeling out of it.

"Aw Tetsuka you like sweets too huh?" He said while smiling a warm smile. The kind that would have other girls melt into their shoes. Yamouri quickly brushed the feeling of admiration away and looked blankly at him slightly grinning.

"Of course I do, I know I don't have to ask you that…" She added. He walked towards her slowly while caring a load of his own. She felt a slight blush form on her face and bit her lip to help make it fade. She hadn't notice Aya walk outside the store, and was now watching with amusement.

"Oh where did you get those chocolates from before?" He asked.

"Oh well… I don't know the name of the store, but my brother buys them for me…" She added calmly. "If you want…I… Could bring you some tomorrow…" She added looking to the side.

"Really?" He shouted with excitement. Yamouri looked around nervously as people stopped to stare at the strange boy. He acted so childish, a characteristic she'd been lacking for a while and missed that part of herself. Only occasionally she'd show it, but not as much as she liked too. Sure there were times were she was tired of studying and more studying and just wanted to let loose, but there was always something that felt off.

"Yes," She said slightly laughing. His brown eyes seemed even bigger, filled with excitement, over just a piece of chocolate. Yamouri laughed some more as he made a pouty face asking what was funny. She shaked her head and excused herself as he headed towards the cashier. Yamouri smiled to herself and went to the next aisle to let go of a breath she didn't even know she was holding in.

"Wow….!" Yamouri' heard Aya's voice call out with sarcasm in tone. "I had no idea you two were so friendly."

"Oh did you get everything you were looking for Aya-chan?" Yamouri added, desperately trying to get away from the subject. Also annoyed that her friend had been watching and gotten the wrong impression. Usually Aya wouldn't let something like this go, but seeing the look on her friend's face, changed it. Though later Yamouri would be interrogated, just like other best friends would do whenever there were guy things to discuss.

"Have you ever had the feeling you're drawn to someone? And it isn't anything they could have said or done," Aya added like she was singing lyrics to a song. Yamouri's face went from blank to nervous. She quickly shrugged it off and thought back to the fact that there was a pile of homework waiting for her.

"Oh crap… we should get going right now!"

~::.::.::.::.::~An hour later~::.::.::.::.::~

"Sorry sis, going to be home later, don't wait up just make yourself soup or something."

Yamouri put down the note and sighed before walking over to her cabinets. She pulled some things out and suddenly didn't feel as hungry. She grabbed her bag again and rushed upstairs to her room to work on her homework that she had put aside due to Aya's intentions. The event that had occurred earlier still lay at the back of her head, but she tried to rid of it all together and fill it with cramming for English. She quickly texted her brother to buy a box of chocolates and leave them on the table in the morning. The cramming was working for a while until she fell asleep on her books unexpectedly. Not getting much done and not noticing the text message on her phone.

~::.::.::.::.::~The next day~::.::.::.::.::~

She opened her locker and seconds later an envelope fell out. She picked it up and examined it. Holding it together was a small heart sticker, which was making it even more obvious that it was another admirer. She opened it and found a small note that was sweet and to the point, but signed by someone she barely knew. A boy in one of her classes that decided to be more of a wall flower. Though that wasn't a reason to turn him down. It was the fact that he had never tried to talk to her before. And here he was confessing what he thought was love and was only a silly crush, on paper. She put it back inside and closed her locker feeling half asleep. This morning was such a blur. She felt like a zombie. Slowly getting up and gathering her things and not even her shower woke her up. She walked to class and took her same seat and waited for the other students to arrive. She yawned and looked out the window again and before she knew it the bell rang for class to start. Yamouri looked towards Hinata's seat and saw that he was talking to a group of guys about something. She remembered grabbing the chocolates and putting it in her bag, but didn't bring it to class with her. She decided to wait; besides she had other stuff to do.

"Alright let's review the homework," The teacher called. Yamouri took out her stuff without a worry until she looked down and felt her stomach drop.

"My paper… is blank!" She gasped. A few people turned to look at her with a strange look before turning back around. "I could have sworn I finished it! I did!" She thought to herself, her panic rising.

"Alright Tetsuka please write number four on the board," The teacher called with a smile. To him there was never a worry that she would get it wrong. Yamouri looked down at her blank paper in disappointment and read the question and slowly rose to the board. Her mind had gone blank. Like that moment when you have to perform a speech in front of a large audience and no words come out, you only stutter and repeat yourself, but this wasn't that sort of occasion. Yamouri hung her head down and bit her lip.

"Sorry, but I… I don't know."

The teacher's eyes widen and a few people started to whisper among themselves.

"Tetsuka… did you not do your homework?" He added sounding shocked. She nodded with shame. "Well since this is the first time… I'll let it slide… but next time… I'll have to assign you an essay."

Yamouri nodded and turned around feeling angry with herself. She held her head down at the walk of shame towards her desk. It may not seem like a big deal, but for her always being on her A game and then just like that slipping was causing her irritation. How could she have suddenly lost her grip?

The rest of class was a blur and finally it was time for lunch. Instead of stopping for some chatting she rushed out of the class not aware that Hinata had been watching her. She hurried to her locker, trying to forget and take a breather, but when she opened her locker another letter fell out. Just when she was about to reach for it, someone else picked it up. Yamouri froze as she looked up at Hinata who was looking down at it and simply smirked.

"Aw Tetsuka has admirers?" He added teasingly. Yamouri felt herself blush and looked to the side annoyed.

"It doesn't matter… because I don't have time for a boyfriend…" She added blankly. Trying not to put any emotion into her voice. His eyes widened a little and then he smirked again and wore a slight grin on his lips.

"But love is wonderful!" He added with his eyes twinkling. He clasped his hands together and looked at the sky, appearing to be daydreaming. Most likely of the Prez. Yamouri sighed before taking out the box of chocolates her brother had given her. She handed them towards him with a slight smile.

"Here you go, Hinata-kun… my brother doesn't mind going and buying them…" Yamouri spoke sweetly. "If I told you where, you could get them then we'd have no reason to talk anymore…" She thought to herself.

"Aw Yay! Thank you Tetsuka-chan!" He shrieked with excitement and was even blushing a little from the excitement. Yamouri reached up to touch her braid as Hinata opened the box and started to rummage through it.

"Oh you should really get more sleep Tetsuka… You look tired…" He added staring right into her eyes. She felt unable to move again and then rolled her eyes.

"I know… "She stuttered. His next action surprised her to the point where she felt her fingers slightly tremble. She looked down at his hand which was now lying on her shoulder.

"Now tell me…" He whispered.

"Huh?" She gasped.

"Where do you get these?" He added stuffing another one into his mouth.

"Um… I'll tell you another time, promise…" She added nervously and looked down at her lunch box. Aya was probably waiting for her under the tree by now and was wondering what was taking her so long.

"Promise?" He added sounding serious again. Over a box of chocolates…

"I always keep my promises…" She mumbled. Just then footsteps came towards them. Yamouri felt her face get warmer and cleared her throat as a hint for Hinata to remove his hand. When she saw who it was she felt a sudden rush of disappointment wash over.

"Misaki-chan!" Hinata called. Ayuzawa half smiled and looked over towards Yamouri.

"Tetsuka… don't feel too bad about today. You'll get back on your game in no time!" She added smiling sincerely. Yamouri nodded and attempted her own smile, but when she saw Hinata walk after Ayuzawa the smile quickly faded and she looked down at her lunch box with a sigh.