Hiya! Welcome back guys! Sorry that I took a long time to update, I just had a lot to do so I never had the time to actually write it up, but now! We will start back up from the last chapter, obviously. Thanks for coming to read the next update of, 'Dancing Blade'!

My eyes fluttered open and were burned my the bright morning light. I had no dreams of happiness that night, nor nightmares of humiliation and pain. But I was just in a dark and cold place with nobody around me. I was alone with nobody there to help me and comfort me. Then I realized I was just awake.

I slowly sat up in bed and stretched my arms and I yawned. I blinked a few times and I looked out the window and I saw a bird fly by and a butterfly land on a flower. I smiled and as I did a cat snuck up behind it and snatched from its post on the flower and eat it. I frowned and cringed feeling bad for the butterfly. I sighed and got out of bed and I looked at my desk while changing into my uniform and I remembered something, "Oh no! I forgot to write a poem!" I exclaimed loudly and I ran over to my desk and ripped a piece of paper from a notebook and I put a pencil to it.

"Uh... What do I write about..?" I thought aloud and stared at the paper in front of me. The only thing I could think of was breakfast because I was extremely hungry due to the fact I didn't eat the previous night. I just whipped through it, not really even paying attention to the words I was writing. I ended up finishing it in a few minutes and when I read over I blushed from embarrassment because it was about breakfast. "Wow.." I muttered to myself, "I must be super hungry!" I said and quickly ran down the stairs and into the fridge to make some breakfast.

I made some toast and eggs and after I was done I saw that it there was five minutes before school started and I just put my plate in the sink, washed my hands, grabbed my purse, and I slowly walked out the door and headed to school. When I got there I was eight minutes late for Home Ec. and I embarrassingly got stared at from the entire class. I hung my head and quickly walked to my seat beside Yuri and I took out what I needed for the class and I looked up at the teacher. "Are you okay? Why were you late?" I heard a soft voice from beside me ask and I felt my heart lurch. I looked over at the source already knowing who it was, "Um.. No.. I just woke up late.. Sorry about that Yuri.." I said in a soft and timid voice. I looked up at her and she had a small smile on her face, "Okay, that's all I wanted to know. as long as you're okay and you are here that's all that matters." She said and her facial expression changed and she started blushing. I was confused but I decided it was better if I didn't know.

About thirty minuets into class the teacher had to go away for a few minutes and left us with our paperwork that most of us had already done. "So how has your day been so far Sayori?" I blush as my stomach churns at the delicate voice that always seems to comfort me, "I-it's been fine... I mean.. It's barely started.." I said trying to answer with as much normality in my voice as possibly. She blushed and looked away, "O-of course... I.. I'm sorry for asking.. I mean.. You are right.. The day has just begun and.. Nothing interesting has happened.." She said nervously rubbing her hands together. "Why do you that? With your hands I mean?" I ask and she looks blushes a brighter red and tries to cover her face, "Uh.. Um.." As she was about to reply, the teacher walked back in and started back on with the previous lesson.

After all my classes I made my way up to the club room and I stepped in to see that Kay nor Monika was here. In fact, the only person I could see was Yuri who was reading at a desk, Natsuki was mumbling to herself while rummaging through the closet. I sat my stuff down and I walked over to Yuri. She was reading the book from yesterday and she was a lot farther then she was yesterday. 'Wow.. She just started yesterday... Now she is nearly done..' I thought and blushed a little, the alien feeling rising in my chest. "Hey Yuri.." I said softly and she jumped startled and whipped her head around to face me, "Oh sorry Sayori.. You scared me a little there.." She said and held her clinched fist to her chest, "How are you?" She asked after settling down, "I'm amazing! How about you?" I asked in my usual optimistic and high-pitched voice, "I'm wonderful, thank you for asking Sayori. If you mind me asking, did you read any of the book I let you borrow?" She asked with a seemingly hopeful look, "Yeah, I read about four chapters, it's pretty good!" I said with a smile and she nodded.

Kay walked in a few minutes after and I felt my stomach rumble. I walked over to him and had a large smile on my face, "Kayyyyy! Wanna walk to the vending machine with me?" I asked in my innocent cute voice. "No" He said flatly and my face dropped, "What! That's not like you at all!" I said still keeping the voice change. "Well, let's have a look in your purse shall we?" He said and I blushed and reached for my purse, "Uh.. Why this all of the sudden..?' I said and he just looked down at my purse and I nodded and took out my coin purse and opened the small latch and emptied out it's contents. Two small coins fell onto the table. I blushed, "Heh.. Heh.. Uh.." I said trying to think up an excuse. I just gave up and hung my head, "Waa! How'd you know!" I said loudly and he just laughed, "Because I know you Sayori. Only two things would of happened, Either you weren't hungry and just wanted an excuse to take a walk.. Or you just wanted to conveniently 'forget' you spent all your money and guilt trip me in buying something for you. But here's the thing, you're always hungry!" He said and my face fell. I heard a soft laugh come from the corner of the room and I saw Yuri covering up her face which had a smile on it.

When we looked at her she blushed and covered her face, "Uh.. I wasn't eavesdropping or anything.. Uh.. It was just something in my book..?" She said questioning herself. I walk over to her and cross my arms, "Yuri! Tell Kay that he should buy me something!" I said loudly and she put on her mature face and her small smile. "You do not deserve what you cannot responsibly afford." She said and winked at me. I was confused and was about to say something until I was slapped in the face by a wrapper. "Oh my goodness! A cookie!" I said and picked up the wrapped cookie and looked around, "What is this? A miracle?" I said and I heard cute laughter from the doorway, "Oh my god! That was hilarious! I was just going to give it to you but that was so much better!" Natsuki said and kept laughing. I nibbled on mine but I saw Natsuki had chocolate chip and I was jealous. I had an idea. I came up behind her and wrapped my arms around her, "Ew! Okay! I get it! Your welcome!" She said and when she put her cookie near my mouth I took a bite out of it. "Wh-What!" She exclaimed and I skipped over to Yuri my mouth full of cookie.

When I got over to her, she was giggling and she had a small smile on her face. "You are incredibly interesting Sayori, I'll tell you that." She said and continued giggling. I smiled a little and started nibbling on my cookie, "Hey, want some?" I ask and reach out my cookie, "Uh.. Um.. I.. I... Sure.." She said and I broke of an untouched part and I handed it to her and she timidly took it. "Thank.. You.." She said and took a small bite out of it and then proceeded to nibble on it. I just shoved the rest of mine in my mouth and finished it.

Monika rushed inside the classroom suddenly and she seemed out of breath. "Sorry! I didn't mean to be late!" She said panting with her hands on her knees. Everyone was startled at first but Yuri decided to say something, "So.. Why were you late?" She asked and Monika blushed, "I.. I was practicing piano.." She said seemingly embarrassed. Yuri nodded and her lips shaped into an O. "I see, I did not know you had a passion for music as well." She said and Monika's blush grew, "N-no.. I mean.. I just started.." She said and everyone nodded and asked her a bunch of random questions that I didn't bother to listen to.

After that was all settled, Natsuki made her way back to the closet and Kay followed her. Monika was doing her own thing, looking at herself in a small hand mirror. And Yuri, of course, was hunched over reading a book. I walked over to Yuri and sat down next to her in a desk. I waited till she was about to turn the page before I tapped on her shoulder. She looked over at me, not as startled as she usually was, "Hello Sayori, do you need something?" She asked and I blushed a little, "No.. I.. I just wanted to talk with you for little.." I said quietly and she nodded and closed her book, "Okay, lets talk." She said and smiled.

I began talking about things that interested me or things I needed to complain about. Unlike Kay, or quite frankly anybody else, she actually seemed to be listening. She was even responding! She was agreeing and actually talking back! I was really surprised and I felt something tingling in my heart. It felt alien and it was even more abnormal then the usual feeling around Yuri. I went silent for a minutes and I stroked my hair out of my face and Yuri's face quickly turned to alarm. Before I could ask, she grabbed my hand which jerked me toward her. "Sayori! What happened?" She asked and lightly rubbed her finger over my cut from the previous night. "Oh... I forgot about that.. I cut it picking up a broken plate.." I said and cringed as I said that, 'Oh no.. Now she will think I am a weirdo who takes her anger out on helpless plates...' I thought and wanted to face palm for such a stupid thought. "Oh.. Okay, I'm just glad it wasn't worse then that.." She said and sighed.

Before I could respond, Monika announced that it was time to share our poems and I completely forgot that we were going to share. I nodded and waved at Yuri and went over to my bag and pulled out my poem. It was on loose leaf paper and it was slightly crumpled and had a small tear in the corner. I frowned at it and I looked around to see who to share with first. But as I did I saw everyone was already sharing so I waited for one of them to finish. Monika and Kay were the first ones to finish so I made a beeline to Kay. "Hey! Wanna share poems Kay?" I asked with a huge smile, "Sure." He said flatly and he gave me his poem. I read over it and i smiled as i read over it. I didn't understand it well but it was kinda cute, "Te he! This is so cute! I bet you Natsuki will like it!" I said and he blushed, "Monika said the same thing..." He said and rubbed the back of his head. I gave him mine and he looked over it and when he finished he looked at me stupidly, "You wrote this this morning, didn't you?" He asked and I blushed. "Maybe.."

After him lecturing me about procrastinating, I went over to Natsuki next to share. When I got over to her she seemed to be thinking about something. I waved my hand in front of her face to get her attention, "Hellooo! Earth to Natsuki!" I said and she snapped her head up to look at me, "Oh! Sorry Sayori.. I was just thinking about something.." She said and I just smiled at her, "No worries! Wanna share?" I said and handed her my poem. She nodded and handed me hers. I read over it and it made me smile and feel a little younger again because all the cute little words I haven't used in years. After I finished hers she finished mine and handed it back to me. "Yours was soooo cute Natsuki! It was awesome and I loved it!" I said and she smiled triumphantly, "I know! No need to complement!" She said and looked down at mine. "Yours was pretty good too, but it was about food.." She said and I giggled, "Yeah! I know! But I wrote it this morning and I wasn't really thinking about anything else.." I said and she started laughing, "What else can I expect from you Sayori?" She said and I gave a small smile, "Yeah.."

We said our goodbyes and I looked at Monika and I really didn't want to share with her. And she looked at me like she felt the same way. So I decided that I would go over to Yuri to share. I got over to her and she seemed to be expecting me, "Hello once again Sayori, ready to share poems?" She asked and I nodded and hastily took hers from her and I gave her mine. I read over it and I felt extremely confused. I had no clue what it meant and by the way Yuri looked at me when I finished, she could tell. "It.. Um.. Was.." I said trying to find a way to explain it. "I really don't know what to say.." I said after a minute or two, "But what I do know is that it is really pretty and well written, and it was really awesome to read and try to decipher!" I said using a new word I learned a few days ago. She explained it to me but I was still confused about it but I just smiled and nodded, "Yours was good too! I mean, it was interesting and simple but it was still good!" She said with a small smile and I felt good about that answer.

Monika announced that the club was over and everyone could go home whenever they choose. I walked over to Kay who was talking to Natsuki again and I waited until they said goodbye to each other before standing up from the seat I had sat myself in and I stood in front of Kay, "Ready to walk home?" I asked and of course he nodded and we made our way home. I got home and sat myself down on the couch and sighed, "Today was a good day.. It was a good day.." I kept repeating to myself.

Later that night I was sitting at my desk with a pencil in hand trying to figure out a way to make really good and impressive poem so I could impress Yuri. After I was done and satisfied with it I got out Yuri's book and started reading until a few hours passed and it was time for me to go to bed. I laid down and smiled as I started falling asleep. "Today was a good day.."

A/n: Sorry for the super late update! I just didn't really have the time or the want to make this chapter, so I am super sorry for not updating sooner... But! Anyways! I finally finished and I think the product was good! Thanks for reading! And of course, review and I hope to see you all in the next chapter! BYE!