When Kazemaru walked into his classroom on Valentine's Day, it was like stepping into a 6 year old girl's bedroom. The entire place was decorated in pink, white, and red, and cutout hearts had consumed the walls.

"What is all of this?" Domon said. He had walked in right behind Kazemaru, and he just shook his head.

"I mean, yeah, it's Valentine's Day and all, but..." he said. Domon shrugged it off and went to his seat. Kazemaru followed and sat down. Other kids were filing in, and most girls had their arms full of Valentines for their fellow classmates. The teacher decided not to give a lecture that day, so most of the boys just sat and watched (aside from Endou, who was passing out little soccer ball candies to the team) as the girls handed out Valentines. Kazemaru had gotten a few, and on his way to lunch he nibbled on some candy.

He found his table and sat down with Endou, Gouenji, Max, Handa, Domon, Aki, and Haruna. Kabeyama and Kurimatsu were over getting free snacks from the lunch ladies, and Miyasaka was sitting with the track kids. Kazemaru sat down next to Handa.

"...but then they were making fun of me because I 'have no personality' or something, so then... Oh, hey Kazemaru." Handa smiled at his friend and then went right back to his discussion with Max. Aki and Haruna were going through their bags, trying to find their Valentines for him, while Gouenji tried to keep his massive collection of cards from mixing in with theirs.

"Oh yeah," Endou went through his pocket and whipped out a small white envelope and handed it to Kazemaru. "I found this tapped to my locker. It had your name on it, though." Endou said, his mouth full of food.

"Uh, thanks. Who's it from?"

Endou shrugged. "It didn't say on the outside, and I didn't read the card." he grabbed a handful of candy from Gouenji's mountain of Valentines and stuck it in his pocket.

"Want some?" Gouenji asked. He nodded to his Valentines. Kazemaru grabbed some and opened his card. As he read it, his face grew extremely red, and at one point he choked on candy.

"Hey, read it out loud!" Max said. Endou nodded in agreement. But Kazemaru shook his head and slapped the card on the table.

"I am not reading that out loud." he said. What the heck was up with that card, anyway? He'd heard of love letters, but the way this was written... it was just creepy.

Endou and Max fought for the letter, but Domon snatched it up, and the other two hovered over his shoulders as he read. After a bit, Endou was in tears from laughing so hard, Max's cheeks were red and he pulled his hat down over his eyes, and Domon just set the letter down without saying a word. Gouenji picked it up, skimmed over it, and coughed.

"This is... uh, something else." Aki snatched it from his hands, and Haruna and Handa read it with her.

"Oh boy," Handa said. "Kazemaru, you lucky dog!" He laughed, and Kazemaru punched his shoulder.

"Who's it from?" Haruna asked. She looked over the letter again. "I don't see a name..."

"Neither did I," Kazemaru said.

"Aw, it's a secret admirer!" Aki said. "How adorable!" She and Haruna started to go on about how romantic that was while most of the guys just rolled their eyes.

More like a secret stalker. Kazemaru thought.

"Now I'm curious to see who would write junk like that." Max said. "Maybe Haruna should go do some investigating or something."

Haruna nodded and grabbed a notepad from her bag. "I'm on it! I'll find out Kazemaru's secret admirer before you can say - " she got up to leave, but Kazemaru grabbed her wrist.

"No! It's fine." he said. They sat back down, and Kazemaru rest his head in his hands. He looked at the letter one more time, and suddenly he had an idea.

"What is it?" Domon asked. Kazemaru got up and grabbed his letter and his bag.

"I think I know who it is." He said. "I'll see you guys later!"

"Good luck!" Endou said. He and Handa started laughing, and Kazemaru rolled his eyes.

-.-.-

"Miyasaka, can I talk to you for a minute?" Kazemaru was over at the track kid's table, standing behind Miyasaka. His old friends stared at Kazemaru, and one nudged Miyasaka's shoulder.

"Uh, okay," Miyasaka said. He stood up, and Kazemaru lead them him away.

"Haha, this must be a dream come true for Miyasaka," one guy said. They all laughed and several nodded in agreement. Kazemaru frowned. Thanks, guys. He lead Miyasaka to the front doors, under the big lightning bolt.

"So what are we doing here?" Miyasaka asked. He leaned against the wall, and Kazemaru frowned at him.

"Don't pretend you don't know," he said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the card and threw it at Miyasaka.

"What's that?" He picked it up and started to read it. "Oh man..."

"I recognized that handwriting." Kazemaru said. "And don't think that I-"

Miyasaka folded up the card neatly and shook his head. "Hey, I think I know where you're going with this, but it's not from me. I swear." He held up his hands, and Kazemaru's expression softened.

"Well, if it wasn't you, then who was it?" he asked. Miyasaka shrugged.

"No idea. But I could help you look if you wanted," he offered. Kazemaru shook his head and grabbed the card back.

"It's okay. Hey, I'm sorry about this," Kazemaru said. Miyasaka waved a hand at him.

"Don't worry about it. I mean, if I was you..." he laughed nervously, and Kazemaru raised an eyebrow. "Uh, anyway, you'd better go look for that admirer of yours," he said.

"Yeah, I'll do that. Thanks," Kazemaru put a hand on Miyasaka's shoulder and smiled. "Happy Valentine's Day," he said. And with that, he turned and left, searching for the next candidate.

Miyasaka waved and watched him leave. He stood there for a while, and after a bit he sighed and smiled sadly. "Good luck, Kazemaru." He then headed back for lunch.

-.-.-

"Uh, is Natsumi here?" Kazemaru was face to face with the school chairman, and while he'd talked to him before, this time he felt much more nervous than usual.

The chairman laughed. "Oh, so you want to see my daughter, eh? Well, come on in!" He held the door open for Kazemaru, and he stepped in. Natsumi looked up from the computer she was at and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, Kazemaru." she said.

"Hi, Natsumi. I, uh, wanted to ask you a question." Kazemaru looked over his shoulder at the chairman. "But uh..."

Natsumi glared at her father. "Do you mind?" she said. The chairman looked surprised.

"Oh, of course! Sorry about that, I'll leave you two alone. Ehehehe..." He left the room and closed the door behind him.

"Thanks," Kazemaru said. Natsumi nodded.

"So what brings you here?" she asked. Kazemaru reached into his pocket and got the card. He walked over to Natsumi and set the letter on her desk.

"I got this today, and I'm trying to figure out who wrote it." he said. Natsumi picked up the letter and read it, and as she did, her face formed a disgusted expression. She threw the letter on the desk and shuddered.

"What is that?" she said. Kazemaru sighed.

"So it wasn't you, then."

Natsumi shook her head. "Oh no. I would never write something like that." she laced her finger together and rested her arms on the desk. "Do you want help finding this person, though?"

Kazemaru shrugged. "It'd be nice to know. But I doubt you can really help."

Natsumi frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. "What do you mean by that? I happen to be the chairman's daughter, so I think I could -"

"I didn't mean it like that Natsumi!" Kazemaru said. "It's just that I didn't think you'd have any idea who would write this."

"You really want to find them, don't you?" Natsumi smiled. She stood up and walked over to the door. She opened it and motioned for Kazemaru. "Well, there's no sense just standing around then." she pushed Kazemaru out the door and waved. "Have fun!" She said.

-.-.-

Kazemaru sighed and kicked the ground. Lunch hour was almost over, and he still had no clue who had written that letter. After school, it would be a disaster trying to find people. And Natsumi was right. Even though that letter was probably the most disturbing thing he'd ever read in his life, it felt kind of nice knowing that someone really cared about him.

"Kazemaru! Kazemaru!" Someone called. Kazemaru looked up and saw Haruna running towards him. She had her pen behind her ear, her glasses on, and a notepad clutched under her arm. "I have a lead!"

Kazemaru smiled. "Really?" When Haruna reached him, she panted and nodded.

"Yep! When we were finishing up lunch, another note showed up. Here," She handed Kazemaru a scrap of lined notebook paper. "It says that you should meet them by the clubhouse,"

"Thanks, Haruna." Kazemaru hugged her, and Haruna hugged him back.

"No problem! It's what journalists do." She smiled. "Now go get 'em, tiger!" Haruna pushed Kazemaru and he laughed.

"See ya!" He called. Even though he did feel happy, he felt kind of nervous at the same time. Did he really want to meet this person? What if they were a total creep? I mean, judging by that letter... Kazemaru shook his head. He'd searched all lunch hour for them, and now was his chance.

Haruna flipped open her notepad and grabbed her pen from behind her ear. She scribbled a few lines on her paper and smiled. "That's your good deed for today, Haruna." She stuck her pen back behind her ear and headed back to her classroom.

-.-.-

The clubhouse was dark when Kazemaru reached it. He peered in the window, and in the corner he could make out the silhouette of someone sitting down at a table, a box sitting in front of them. Kazemaru headed to the door and opened it. The person looked surprised and stood up, heading for the door.

"Kazemaru..." she said. She held her arms open, and Kazemaru smiled.

-.-.-

AN

And here's February/Kazemaru! I'm sure you've guessed who gets what month, and that's by jersey number! (I'm so original. Haha.) Anyway, this one was really fun to write, and I was kinda surprised that I didn't make this Kazemaru/Haruna. XD But I made the person at the end anonymous so you could pair little Kazemaru with whoever you wanted, because hey, I'm that nice. ;D Happy Valentine's Day, and thank you so much for your reviews! :D

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