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A Sad Day

Kuro and Mimi got very concerned that Rin didn't show up for lunch, and it made them want to look for her. They did so, looking all over the school, even the classroom and outside, but couldn't find her anywhere.

The girls were about to give up when they suddenly thought of the storage room, so they walked toward there. "She has to be here," said Kuro, "where else?"

"What if she's skipping?" Mimi nervously asked.

"She wouldn't be." Kuro opened the door to find poor Rin with her face buried in her knees. She slowly looked up at the two with tears in her eyes."

"Rin..." Kuro said, shocked by what she saw and felt sad.

"Rin, are you ok?" Mimi asked softly.

Rin weakly gasped as she wiped her tears away. She didn't want her friends to see her like this because she knew they couldn't do anything about it.

Mimi quickly kneeled down to her friend's level and put a hand on her shoulder. "Rin...why are you crying?"

She tried to speak but couldn't as she choked from all her tears.

"Did somebody hurt you?" Kuro asked as she also sat down in front of her friend and gave a concerned look.

Rin didn't know what to say. She was obviously hurt but knew that Aoki didn't mean to do this to hurt.

"Rin, what happened?" Mimi asked.

This time, Rin finally spoke. "It's just...it's just...it's just that..."

"Girls..?"

The three girls turned around to see Hoin standing there curiously. "What are you three doing in here? You should be heading up to class about now."

"We were going to," said Kuro. She then turned back to her friend and gave her a worried look. She wanted to talk more but knew it was best to head to class, so she let it go for now and the three friends were off.

"Twenty times two...can anyone guess the answer?" Aoki asked the next class as he wrote the math problem on the board and faced the students.

Nobody answered, though, so the teacher tried to help them out. "Two times two is what?"

"Four?" a boy replied.

Aoki smiled and wrote it on the board. "That's right. If you add a zero to two, though, it makes it twenty. Add the zero to the original answer, and you get...." He looked through the room and finally decided who he wanted to call on. "Ah, Kogami...what would you say?"

Kuro looked up at the board. She really didn't feel like answering but she actually knew the answer to decided to go with it. "Forty...I think..."

He smiled and wrote down the final answer. "That's right. Now, I'm going to hand out a work sheet."

The kids moaned.

"Don't worry, there's only seven problems and it's only one side of a page. You can do it." Aoki started handing out the papers one by one to each student. Once he got to Rin, the girl didn't dare to make any eye contact like she had before. This worried him some more, but again let it go for now. "Alright, go ahead and start."

As everyone started their worksheets, Aoki sat at his desk deep in though. Kokonoe is a mess. She won't even talk to me. If this keeps up...then she may not do well in class.

"Hey Rin," Kuro whispered to her friend.

Rin slowly turned to her.

"You can tell us now...what's going on?"

It took the girl three seconds to finally reply with a smile. "No need to worry...everything is fine, really."

Her friends curiously looked at each other than back at her. "But Rin, you were crying," Mimi replied.

The girl shook her head. "Quit worrying."

They didn't know what to say but decided to let it go since they saw a smile on their friend's face again.

When school was over Rin almost made it out of the classroom when a sweet male voice said her name. She suddenly stopped and just stared at the opened door.

"Kokonoe...I wanted to talk to you..."

She was shocked by this and turned to her teacher with a glare. "What?"

He sighed but gave a small smile. "Please come over."

She sighed and walked up to her teacher while holding her books.

"I've been worried about you all day..."

The girl looked down with a sad expression.

"Please don't make this hard. I just want the best for you and I need you to keep a smile on your face and stay on task. I care about you."

She glanced at him when she head those last words.

"Please....I don't want it to be this way. Please try to understand that it has to be this way."

She harshly sighed and turned away. "Fine." And with that, she was off.

Aoki sadly sighed. I hope...it will get better...

Sneak Peak of the next episode....

"Rin...Rin please...what are you doing?" Mimi asks as she follows her friend.

"Aoki.," says Hoin, it's Rin..."

Aoki quickly runs out of the classroom and out the building to the school play ground. He sees Rin sitting on top of the monkey bars with a glare.

"Kokonoe...what are you doing? Get down from there!"

"No!" she screams. "Not until you tell me that you love me!"

He gives a concerned expression.

Coming soon...in the next chapter..