I do not own School Rumble or any of its characters. If I did it wouldn't have ended the way it did.

A/N I know that my grammar could use improvement

It didn't take long for the rumours that Tsukamoto Yakumo and Harima Kenji were together to spread through Yagami High, with third year studies piling up and her work at the nearby coffee shop and due to Harima's old title as a delinquent the perverted thoughts from other males were now few and far between however it is because of this that she had to stop people from jumping to the wrong conclusion. The door to the Tsukamoto residence slid open I'm home!" Called a raven-haired young woman she sniffed the air and smelled a feint hint of crab mixed with herbs "Sara you didn't have to cook." she said entering the dining room of the Tsukamoto residence

"It's not me that's cooking!" She shouted in delight "Harima is and it's delicious." She took another bite of the casserole "but it's not as good as yours Yakumo."

Harima placed a plate of food down for Yakumo taking a seat at the table and picked up a pair of thin chopsticks and placed a piece of crab meat it into her mouth and chewed it carefully allowing the taste to sink in, after swallowing the piece of meat her eyes widened in surprise "Delicious." She said in an almost seductive voice.

Harima smiled slightly "There's plenty more where that came from." he placed his own plate at the table and ate in almost complete silence until Harima brought out his completed manuscript. "I've started the new series already." He said rather bashfully "This time the characters aren't modelled on anyone in particular." He handed the envelope to his assistant.

Opening the envelope carefully she took in every bit of detail of the manga as usual it was a romantic/comedy however this time none of the characters looked like anyone she knew, the inking and toning had improved greatly and also the dialogue was believable. "Wow! Hari…Kenji you did all this?" she asked correcting herself while looking up slightly from the manuscript.

"Yeah…while I was on the road I used my artistic skills to make some portraits of those I met and sold them to those who allowed me to draw them, so I guess it allowed me to improve." However he let out a sigh remembering how stupid he acted and how he left everyone in the lurch and began to wash up the dishes.

"What's wrong Harima-san?" Sara asked handing her plate to him.

"Tomorrow I'll be going to Yagami University and I was thinking after I hand the manuscript in why don't we get everyone that we can find and celebrate on Sunday? What do you think?" he asked as Yakumo grabbed a tea towel and help with the drying.

Sara nodded "Sounds like a great idea but what's the occasion?" she asked curious as to why he wanted to have a party.

The raven-haired girl looked up at Harima with piercing eyes "You want to celebrate being accepted into a University and also the start of the new manga right Harima?" her voice was filled with sure confidence.

For some reason Harima found Yakumo's keen abilities of deduction a little unnerving but at the same time not surprising "Yeah…right as usual. Didn't I say that you could just call me Kenji?" He placed a plate on the rack.

Sara shook her head in disapproval granted that seeing the delinquent accepted into university was something to be celebrated she also saw it as a waste. "You shouldn't spend money so frivolously." She admonished both of them. "Keep it small and simple."

Harima didn't like the fact his plans were being shot to hell by Yakumo's friend "…" he silently placed another wet dish on the rack

"I know! Why not just keep it between you and Yakumo?" she suggested cheerfully as she saw him in a slump after telling him off.

He placed the last dish on the rack and dried his hands off and turned to face Sara and Yakumo then placed a hand behind his head with a bashful expression in his face "I guess you're right…Besides it's probably for the best" he then walked past them and began planning for the next day 'And it'll be on the first step on getting over Tenma I suppose' he thought to himself sadly the former delinquent faced the younger Tsukamoto sister. "It's a date then" he said in his usual brave voice.

Her eyes widened in shock and then hid her now bright red face "Ah…okay" she said meekly. 'I'm going on a date with Harima' her blush deepened at the thought while the bangs of her hair hid her face.

Sara got up from the table and eagerly bounded over to her friend "Let's get your clothes ready for tomorrow." She grabbed Yakumo by the arm and dragged her upstairs to choose her evening outfit for tomorrow evening.

Although at first it was hard for him to start classes during the middle of the year Harima actually managed to pick up on the lessons fairly quickly and his work was getting attention from the professors. As he was leaving the premises he received a call on his new jet black and silver cellphone "Hello?" he said nonchalantly

"Tazawa-kun we ran the pages that you handed in this morning and we have never seen so much positive feedback before, even more than Nejiou-kun" An excited male voice came through the receiver. "Goto wants you to do one hundred and twenty pages by next week." He stated matter-of-factly to the young mangaka.

"Sure I'll get on it right away." He held back a cry of victory and disconnected the call. 'Yeah in your face Karasuma! This is my time to shine!' he shouted in his mind, picturing himself in front of a glowing light while atop of a white stone pillar. "I better call Yakumo." He accessed his phonebook and found the name of the girl in question.

At this time Yakumo was leaving Yagami High with Sara by her side and discussing what they should have for dinner "I was thinking maybe we should have some soba noodles for dinner tonight." The dark haired girl turned to her friend.

"That sounds good Yakumo but don't you have a date this afternoon?" Even though Sara knew that her friend hadn't forgotten about her date she thought it best just to remind the younger Tsukamoto sister.

The dark haired girl looked away hiding her blush "I…I can start dinner before he comes home." She spoke in her usual soft tone.

The English girl shook her head "The first thing you will do when you get home is change into that yukata, after all you have a date." She said playfully while giving her friend a wink. "I wonder where Harima is going to take you?" she placed a finger on her chin and looked up at the sky in thought.

It was then that Yakumo's phone began to ring, she flipped open the phone and saw Harima's name on the display. "Hari….Kenji, how'd your day go?" she asked casually, earning a giggle from her friend.

"It went great my manga sold more than their top artist and the classes were relatively easy." Harima spoke from the other end of the phone excitedly. "By the way I hope you're ready for tonight, I have the perfect spot picked our" He said gently to her

It surprised her that Harima the former delinquent was so excited "That's great Kenji" earning another giggle from Sara at how comfortable Yakumo seemed saying his first name. "We're just on our way home." She admitted.

"I'll see you when I get home then" He replied and disconnected the connection, with the fireworks festival on their wouldn't be many places open and Yakumo couldn't help but wonder what Harima had planned for their evening out

As the sun began to set Harima led a blindfolded, Yukata clad Yakumo through Yagami shrine and to a clearing at the back that overlooked the glittering city and the bay, on the ground there was blanket strewn out that had some battery powered lamps in each corner in the middle there were a variety of foods common to a picnic. "Here we are." The former delinquent removed the blindfold and showed her the spread.

Although she knew the site from the time that Eri, Mikoto, Akira, Sara, Tenma and herself had last watched the Summer Festival's fireworks display it was how much effort into it and the fact they were able to watch the sunset before the main event "Oh…wow" she sat on the blanket with Harima "how did you know about this spot?" she asked thinking that only her sister and her friends only knew about this spot.

He sighed "Well…a little while back there was some misunderstanding between four-eyes and myself and we fell down there." He pointed over the edge of the hill they were sitting on.

She looked a little worried by that statement, remembering what Mikoto had said about being unable to get back up "I hope you weren't hurt"

He unwrapped a riceball and shook his head "Nah, not much." He said modestly and then took a bite.

As Harima digested the first mouthful Yakumo noticed a grain of rice on Harima's cheek "You got something" she boldly picked the grain of rice off of his cheek and ate it, leaving the male stunned by what she had just done however with the gentle light from the torches illuminating her delicate, porcelain skin he felt himself drawn to her and slowly closed the gap between them.

As both could feel each other's breath and were close to sealing their relationship with a kiss, they were interrupted by someone approaching where they were having their picnic "Looks like The fireworks have already started" Mikoto exclaimed loudly as a green and blue rocket exploded in the night sky.

Hanai who had arrived with a hand at the small of Mikoto's back and saw the two close to each other. "Oh…Harima and Yakumo you're here." He said in his usual commanding tone.

Mikoto and Hanai took a seat next to the pair and watched the fireworks the display "We haven't seen you for a while."

The young man in the glasses turned to the former delinquent with a stern and serious look on his face "We heard that you got into university, even though it is a scholarship" he pointed out.

"But it's good to hear that you are studying." Mikoto replied playfully hitting her boyfriend in the arm, telling him off for being rude and the conversations continued through the night.

Once they got home Harima stood at the entrance to the room he was staying in with a bashful look on his face "I'm sorry about what happened tonight" he looked down and away from the younger Tsukamoto sister.

The raven-haired beauty shook her head with a smile on her face "Although we were interrupted it was nice to watch the fireworks with Hanai and Mikoto"

The former delinquent relaxed a little after hearing that Yakumo was okay about how the date ended "I suppose we should get to bed." He said making his way to his futon.

Reluctantly she agreed and began to slide the door closed. "Yeah..oh..ah..Ioriii?" the black cat tripped his owner up and she fell into the arms of Harima knocking his sunglasses off and their lips connected as they both fell with wide-eyes that eventually relaxed and felt comfortable in the lip lock.

Eventually they both reluctantly pulled away from each other and Harima looked down at the girl that lay on top of him "A…are you okay?" he asked affectionately moving a strand of hair away from her face.

Looking up at him she finally managed to see his thoughts 'I love you Yakumo' unlike those of other boys and men, his thoughts were in white and weren't threatening at all "Ummm…yeah" she replied with a faint blush on her face Yakumo nodding

"Y'know you can get up now?" he asked and reminded her at the same time but really didn't want to let go and was happy enough to let her rest.

She shook her head and placed it on his chest and listened to his heart "I want to stay here and listen" listening to his heart beat she soon drifted off to sleep in Harima's arms.

The former delinquent let out a contented sigh and wrapped a blanket around both himself and the girl that lay sleeping on top of him "G'night Yakumo" then it was his turn to fall asleep.

Kneeling by the hallway she and patting the black house cat Sara looked on at the couple with a smile "Good work Iori" The cat meowed in response and the blonde English girl then headed of back to bed, leaving Iori to curl up next to the sleeping Yakumo and Harima.