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Today, Our Love Begins

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A/N Thank you so much to those who read our story, especially to those who wrote a review!

"Eh, Niou-sama?" Masaki said crying animatedly, if she know her Niou-sama would participate she would volunteer herself without hesitation. She just did a big mistake. Now her Niou-sama is going to be alone with the Showa Girl.

Aiko can't believe what Niou declared to the entire class. He said that she's his future girl friend? No way! The whole class started murmuring about what he just declared.

"Niou-sama wanted that dork to be his girlfriend?"

"No freakin' way!"

"She's not deserving to be his girl."

"I agree."

The home room teacher cleared his throat to catch his students' attentions. "Hagino-chan and Niou-kun come here in front and start discussing with your classmates about the upcoming cultural festival."

With unsure strides, she went in front and faced the whole class. "I'll leave everything to the both of you now, Hagino-san and Niou-kun. You can't leave the class until you have discussed about the plans." The homeroom teacher told them and then left the room.

Aiko wince as her back collides against the blackboard, when she looks up, Niou is smirking at her, his two hands in between her preventing her from escaping.

"What the— what are you doing!" Aiko demanded as she was turning red in embarrassment and anger, she tried to push the taller man away from her but he didn't budge. The brown haired girl was now conscious of their classmates starting to whisper to each other as they talk about them.

"I said let go—" Aiko tried to protest but was cut off by the silver-head bully.

"Hagino, are you starting to like me now?" Niou asked her, a smirk never leaving his face.

"What the hell he just said just now?" She glared at him."He really is a worst guy!"

"Should we go on a date then?" Niou said with arrogance coming out of him in waves, leaning awfully close but before he could close the distance of their lips Aiko pushed him off her.

"No, thank you!"

Niou's smirk widens, this girl before him is indeed interesting, and she was the first girl who dare reject him.

"Well might as well play with this girl a little longer then." Niou brushed his hair with his fingers dramatically, before letting out a long audible breath, "Is that so, if that's the way it is, until you ask me on a date, I won't be doing any executive committee work." Niou said smugly as he went back to his seat.

Aiko looked down, she feels the entire class scrutinizing stare as they whisper to each other. How could she possibly talk to these people? They are controlled by Niou. "They won't listen to me, especially when they learned what happened with us the first day of the class." Aiko thought helplessly, she snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the warning bell, a signal that home room is already over.

The door swung open revealing their home room teacher, "So, how was it? Have you come to a decision?" he asked his class while reading some journal on his hand, "Ah, no sensei we're still…" Aiko tried to reason out but their teacher did not listen to her.

"What, are you guys fooling around? If all haven't decided on anything yet?" the teacher said sternly.

"But, Sensei since the executive committee didn't say anything we thought it doesn't matter." Masaki said in sly manner while sharing a chuckle with Arisa.

The teacher sighed, "If you don't decide on what to do, none of you are allowed to leave." He announced, making the whole class groan, excluding Niou and Aiko. The old man then turned to the brunette, "Aiko, because you're the executive committee you have to do a better job! And when all of you come to a decision, come and report to me in staff room understand?" With that, the old man exits the room once again.

"Why do I have to be blamed? Even though I was doing my job…" Aiko groaned, then glance to Niou who was smirking at her while his group of friends and some girls surrounding his desk, Aiko looks away; she have no other option she needs to be aggressive. "That jerk he's making fun of me! I will definitely not go on a date with him! I know, Aiko you're tougher than this!"

"Classmates, quiet down and let's start discussing about the festival." Her voice raised higher than the usual, she must catch her classmates attention and make them listen to her. But her classmates continued chatting with each other, totally ignoring her presence in front of them. She gritted her teeth. How can they be so childish? "Classmates! May I have your attention please! Stop being childish and cooperate!" She shouted at them and yes, she caught their attention and looked at her, but the kinds of looks that they are giving her are death glare. They must have been angry because she shouted at them.

"How dare you shout us huh, Showa girl? And how dare you call us childish?" Masaki stood up in front of her, arms in front of her chest, eyes in slit, showing how angry she is to her.

She gulped, Masaki looked scary. She sighed heavily, gathering all her courage. She must be brave in times like this and do her responsibility as the head of the executive committee for the school festival. "I did that to catch your attentions and the way you acted a while ago, not cooperating for a school activity, is very childish. At our age, we must know how to be responsible."

Masaki smirked. "We are not cooperating because you are not an effective leader."

"Then why did you suggest me to be the head of this activity?"

"Isn't it obvious? We just wanted to make fun of you, idiot!" Masaki shouted at her face. The whole class laughed. They wanted to make fun of me…always. She fought her tears that are starting to fall. She can't show them her weakness. She wanted to surrender, but she can't, she won't. She will show them her courage.

"Even if you just wanted to make fun of me, I will stand by my responsibility. Sensei entrusted me the responsibility to lead this class and I will do it regardless the fact that you just wanted to make fun of me." She told them.

Masaki's eyebrow raised and she smiled crookedly. Masaki walked closer to her and pulled her hair. Aiko winced in pain. "And what will you do to make us follow you? Force us? Or beg? Whether you do either of the two, we will never follow you, understand?" Masaki pulled her hair even more that made her shout in pain. Their classmates cheered for Masaki. Her classmates are really heartless!

"Stop that! You're hurting her." Aiko heard Mayu. She walked to them, pulls Masaki's hand away from her hair but Masaki just tightened her grip on her hair.

"Back off, Sanada-san or I'll punish you too!" Masaki shouted at Mayu.

"I don't care, Let go of her." Mayu said, still pulling Masaki's hand away from her.

"I said let go off me!" the red head demanded as she pushed Mayu off her, sending the raven haired girl on the floor, good thing Marui was there to catch her before her butt meets the cold floor.

Arisa claps her hands earning the attention of the class, "Settle down guys that's not good besides she just lost her temper and hitNiou-sama, besides if we all criticizes her wouldn't it be too cruel? Don't you think Hagino also needs self-reflect?" She said while cracking her knuckles. "So why don't we just hit her as well in the face to put this to an end?" Arisa suggested.

Aiko was shocked, eyes widen, and they would hit her too? They are planning to hit her!

"Whoa."
"That's a great idea after Masaki-san I'm next!" the other girl added.

Arisa holds Aiko on her back preventing her from struggling while Masaki cracks her knuckles, "No, what should I do? I- I can't move my body…what's this feelings? I'm— I'm so scared…"

"Oi, that's dangerous someone should stop it." Marui commented as he was helping Mayu up.

"Okay, in count of three, I will-"

"No, they will really hit me!" Aiko closed her eyes tightly waiting for the painful impact against her cheeks.

CRASH

"STOP IT!" Niou shouted while he kicked his desk sending it flying at the opposite direction of the room. He stood up, approaching the two who're holding Aiko. "A festival vendor if there aren't other suggestions then let's just stick to festival vendor I want to leave already." Niou said grabbing Masaki's hands away from holding Aiko's wrist.

"Just to remind you people, at the day of the school festival this girl is going to be mine so everyone who dare bully or do something harmful against her will feel my wrath."

"Stop kidding around Niou-sama are you actually gonna date this..this dork!" Masaki said scandalizing the very idea.

Unfortunately for Masaki, Niou ignored her. "Stop teasing my future girlfriend guys since my girl here is easily embarrassed." Niou said lightly but firmly. He held her wrist and dragged her away from the classroom that made the whole class follow them with their gaze. "We need to report to our sensei about our plan on the festival."

Aiko pulled her hand away from his grip. "You don't need to touch me!"

Niou smirked. "After what I've done to help you, you still wanted to avoid me? You're hurting my feelings Aiko-chan." Niou clutched his chest, as if he was really hurt. But after a while, he laughed loudly.

She glared at him. He's making fun of me again.

"Now that I helped you out, you must go out on a date with me." Niou told her.

"I will not go on a date with you, jerk!"

He grinned widely. "Then I won't help you again. You will be the sole executive committee for the cultural festival. I will only help you if you will aske me out on a date." He walked past her, striding back to their classroom.

She spun and shouted at him, "I don't need your help, I can manage! I will definitely not ask you out on date."

Niou just continue walking, he waved his hand at her without turning his back.

Jerk!

Aiko turned around and continue her way to the faculty room to report to their sensei about their plan. When she reached the room, she immediately walked to her sensei. She told him that the class wanted to be a festival vendor but they haven't yet discussed about what kind of product they will sell. The old man was a bit angry because they still haven't settled everything. She promised their sensei that they will settle everything tomorrow.

"Just make sure that everything will be settled tomorrow, Hagino-chan," he said.

"Hai, sensei." She bowed her head. Aiko walked back to the classroom to gather her things. When she reached the room, she saw Mayu sitting on her chair. Mayu waved at her once she saw her. All their classmates already left the room.

"Thanks for helping me earlier," she told Mayu when she got near her.

"It's nothing, I am glad to help you, we're friends, right?" the raven-haired girl smiled at her.

She nodded with a huge smile on her lips. "Yeah, we're friends, Sanada-chan."

Mayu pouted at her. "Quit calling me Sanada-chan, just call me Mayu."

She smiled at her. It's a good thing that despite the bullying that she received from her classmates, there's still someone who befriended her and ready to help her in times of trouble. "Okay, I'll call you Mayu-chan then. And call you can call me Aiko."

"That's better to hear, Aiko-chan."

"By the way, why are you still here?" Aiko asked Mayu.

"I'm waiting for you. Let's hang out together."

"Hang out?" She doesn't know if she will accept her offer. She's not the out-going type of person, she prefer to stay at home, read books and study.

"Yeah, it will be fun, don't decline my offer please?" Mayu pleaded.

She sighed, she wouldn't want to see Mayu's disappointed face, she's a good friend of hers and she will do everything to please Mayu. Besides, she's already on her last year on high school, might as well she needed to experience what a normal high schooler do after class. "Alright, I'll come with you."

"Yes! Come on, but before we leave let's wait for my other friend, Akaya." Akaya? I know someone with the same name but I think he's different. "I will introduce him to you and the rest of the regulars of the tennis team." Mayu told her, her voice full of excitement.

"The tennis team?" She asked Mayu with a knotted forehead.

"Yes, the tennis team of our school. All of the regular players are my friends and the vice-captain is my twin brother, Gen-chan."

Aiko gathered her things and carry her bag. She and Mayu walked out of the room and headed to the tennis courts.

Mayu continue talking about the tennis team. "You know, the tennis team of our school is really great the players are really competitive. During middle school, they became National Champion two times in a row too bad Seigaku won last year." Aiko just listened to Mayu. She can see the tennis court from their distance and can hear the loud cheers of the fan girls that surrounded the tennis courts. "They're all nice, though most of the time, they can be weird. And by the way, Marui and Niou are one of the regular players." the raven-haired girl added.

She suddenly stopped walking. Niou the jerk is there? Yeah, she remembered that Marui and Niou were talking about tennis practice yesterday.

"Hey Aiko-chan, don't be scared of Niou, he's a jerk, I know, but he's also my friend, he can be nice too, but if ever he will tease you or do something to you, I will protect you okay?" Mayu said, reassuring her safety from Niou.

Mayu held her by the wrist and dragged her to the tennis court. "Come on now." Aiko just let Mayu pull her.

The tennis courts were surrounded with several fan girls, screaming their lungs out, cheering for the players who were currently playing a practice match. There's a sheer size of crowd spread out around the courts. Mayu's grip on her wrist loosened and as they neared the courts she was dragged and compressed by these annoying fangirls.

It's hard to breathe! After a moment of being dragged by the crowd, an arm encircled on her waist and dragged her away from the crazy crowd. The moment she managed to breathe again, she faced her saviour and she was shocked to see his annoying smirking face, Niou Masaharu.

"You're always a damsel in distress Aiko-chan, and I'm your knight in shining armour. I'm glad that you went here to cheer for me. I now have an inspiration to play better." Niou smiled sexily at her that made the fangirls who were watching them gasped in shock.

"I did not come here to cheer for you, jerk!" She shouted at him.

The crowd behind them started to chatter.

"How dare that girl call Niou-sama a jerk!"

"She's so disrespectful!"

"And why is she allowed to go inside the tennis courts, while we cannot?"

"And Niou-sama was the one to bring her inside!"

"It's so unfair!"

With the angry statement of the fan girls surrounding the tennis courts, she probably got herself into more trouble, and that's because again of the jerk in front of her, who's still smirking evilly.

"Aiko-chan!" Mayu approached her. "I'm glad you're safe and manage to go inside. I'm sorry if I lose my grip on you."

"It's okay, Mayu-chan." She smiled at her.

"She's safe because I saved her. You should thank me." Niou winked at them.

"If I know you just have a hidden agenda, Niou." Mayu told him, eyeing him suspiciously.

"I'm really hurt, Mayu-chan, you're suspecting my intention?" Niou's feigned a hurt expression.

"Because you're suspicious."

"Tarundorou!" Niou winced once he heard that authoritative voice."Niou! It's your turn to play! Why are you slacking off?" A guy wearing a black bull cap approached them with a poker face.

"Hai, Sanada I will practice now. You can quit shouting at me, before I become deaf." Niou told the poker-faced guy.

"Niou!"

"Hai, hai." Niou faced Aiko again. He winked at her and blew her a kiss. She blushed with what he did. "Cheer for me," he said with a sultry voice and then headed to the court. She can feel the death glares that the girls behind her were giving her. She's in a big trouble, she can imagine how these girls will punish her because of the attention that their Niou-sama was giving her. She shivered.

"Oi Gen-chan, don't shout and quit being angry often, you'll have wrinkles at a very young age." Mayu told the guy with a black cap. He must be Mayu's twin brother. She stared at the tall man in front of her, he's an exact opposite of Mayu, she can't believe that they are really twins. Mayu is a cheerful girl while her twin seems stiff and ill-tempered. She knew a pair of twin, her cousin's step siblings. They were not opposite but they often fight, both are talkative and spirited. She became friends with them but it's been three years since she last saw them.

Sanada glared at his twin sister. "If you're just here to piss me off, then you should leave now, Mayu."

"You know Sasuke is right to call you Jii-chan..." Mayu said grinning widely as she remembered what happen at their house earlier this morning.

"You cannot give up until you've moved this one hundred soy beans!" Sanada Genichirou told himself as he slowly and painstakingly moving the soy beans with his chopsticks from one plate to another. Obviously, this is one of his more insane training. Mayu had enough of watching her brother doing such ridiculous training and decided to voice her irritation but their nephew, Sasuke, beat her to it.

"What are you doing yelling so early in the morning?" Sasuke asked his uncle as he entered the dining room with only his pajama. "You're freakin' loud. Old uncle Genichirou." He added as he took a bit liberty to call his uncle Genichirou an old man.

"Good morning too Sasuke-kun and who're you calling old?" Sanada said sternly while Mayu stopping herself not to laugh covering her mouth to silence her own chuckle.

"Well you are my uncle, and that means you're old...Genichirou."

"You Lil' Brat, Get Over here!"

"Old Man, Old Man." Sasuke chanted as he continue to tease his uncle.

"Old Man, Old Man..."

Even their grandfather Sanada Gen'emon join in the laughter, "Even Genichirou loses his cool against his nephew. Through, to be only a high schooler and be called an old man already."

"Grandfather!"

Mayu pouted at her brother. "I'm not here to piss you off okay, I want to introduce to you guys my new friend, Aiko-chan." Mayu tapped her shoulder. "And please Gen-chan, quit glaring, you might scare Aiko-chan." Mayu faced her. "I want you to meet, my twin brother, Sanada Genichirou, the vice captain of Rikkaidai tennis club. Gen-chan, this my new friend, Hagino Aiko, she's a transferee, so be nice to her."

Sanada extended his hand and offered her a hand shake. She accepted his hand and shook it lightly.

"I'm pleased to meet you Sanada-san."

"Same here." Sanada spoke coldly. "I hope you will enjoy your stay in our school."

"I hope that too I wish…" But I think it is impossible because of Niou.

"I have to go now, I still have to supervise the members." Sanada told them and leave them. Together with Mayu, they sat on the bleachers and watch the practice game of Yukimura and Sanada. She must say, that the members of the club are really good and though she hated to admit, Niou is a good player, his moves are swift and full of confidence.

"Mayu-chan-senpai!" Someone shouted. A guy with a black seaweed hair was approaching them.

He looks familiar to me..

"Akaya!" Mayu called him. Akaya? So he's the Akaya that she was talking about, the Akaya that she knows and Mayu's Akaya is the same.

"I almost defeated Yanagi-senpai in our practice match!" Akaya exclaimed happily. "And once we competed again I'm sure I'll win!" the second year ace added. "Typical, you still eager to pursue your dream to defeat the three demons." Akaya nodded vigorously. "That's because they're really good." Akaya laughed.

"Akaya?" Aiko called him.

Akaya looked at her, his emerald eyes widened as he recognized her. "Aiko-nee-chan?"

She nodded. "Yes I am."

Akaya hold her hands and shook it heartily. "I'm glad to see you again!"

"I am glad too."

"You know each other?" Mayu asked her. She nodded as an answer.

"Aiko-nee-chan is my Cassie-nee-chan's cousin. We often spend our vacation on their house in Kyouto, but it's been three years since the last time we visited them." Akaya explained. The Cassie that Akaya was talking about was his step sister and Aiko's cousin. Akaya faced her again. "Since when did you leave Kyouto?"

"Just a month ago. My father opened a new business in Kanagawa, so we moved here and I transferred here in Rikkai."

"What's this commotion, puri-" Niou was standing in front of them, Marui is behind him, popping his bubble gum as usual.

"Oi Niou, Marui you still have a practice game, right?" Mayu said.

"We're having a break, so what's happening here huh? And Bakaya why are you holding Aiko-chan's hands?" Niou stared at their hands. Akaya let go of her hands. "Back off brat, that's my girl."

"Your girl?" Akaya exclaimed. Aiko blushed, why does he have to tell that to everyone.

"I'm not your girl!" Aiko shrieked.

"Well, not yet, but soon you will be." Niou grinned.

Akaya spoke again. "So you are the girl that Niou-senpai is talking about…"

"Yes she is Niou's girl." Marui said after popping his gum.

"Back off Bakaya." Niou said, authoritative.

"You can't tell him to back off Niou because they were childhood friends." Mayu stated.

"Childhood friends?" Niou's face looked puzzled.

"She's my onee-chan's cousin. She's also my twin sister's close friend from childhood." Akaya stated.

Niou went silent for a while. Aiko was puzzled why Niou acted that way, it's the first time that he became silent.

"Tarundorou!" They heard Sanada's voice again. "The three of you there, why are you slacking off?"

Niou and Marui scooted back to the tennis court and continue their match. "It's nice seeing you again, Aiko-nee-chan, I have to go now again and practice." Akaya left them. Sanada is very strict.

"It's the first time that Niou became silent, when Akaya said something about Aya…" She said.

"Aya was Niou's ex girlfriend." Mayu answered as the matter of factly.

"Ex-girlfriend?" she exclaimed. She can't believe that her friend Aya became his girlfriend. Aya is a sweet girl…why did she let herself carried away by Niou Masaharu's tricks.

"Niou had hurt her, that's why she transferred and left Rikkai. She was Niou's second serious girlfriend." Mayu said.

"Second? Who's the first one?"

"Hey! Did you see that? Yagyuu-kun just made his golf drive.." Mayu exclaimed changing the topic between them, clearly that her friend doesn't want to talk about it."But I can't still believe that Aya fell in love with that jerk…"Aiko said with disgust. "Look, Aiko the match between my brother and Yukimura is starting." Aiko just smiled at her friend as they continue watching the tennis team's practice matches.

After the tennis practice, Mayu introduced Aiko to the rest of the tennis regulars. She met the captain, Yukimura Seichi, he seems so kind and he's soft spoken. He possess a face of an angel. She also met the famous data man of the team, Yanagi Renji, whose eyes are so small, she wondered if he still can see with such eyes. She then was introduced to the gentleman, Yagyuu Hiroshi, Mayu said that he was Niou's doubles partner. She wished that he's not his partner in crime. And lastly, she met the bald guy with tan skin, Kuwahara Jackal. He's a half-brazilian. The Rikkai tennis team seems nice and accommodating, of course it excludes Niou Masaharu, as well as his friend Marui Bunta.

"Let's go to the arcade!" Akaya exclaimed. "I want to play in the arcade and I will definitely defeat Marui-senpai in a video game battle."

Marui popped his bubble gum before he answered. "You will never defeat me Bakaya,why don't you just stick playing ottome on your little NDS."

"Hey." Akaya protested feeling insulted by the self-proclaimed tensai, "I don't play ottome games! those games are only for girls! the seaweed haired teen added pouting his lips in the process. "You're all talk no actions, bring it on!" Marui said full of spirit.

"Let's go with them Aiko-chan, it will be fun. I often go the arcade shop with these guys, I promise you that you will enjoy." Mayu told her excitedly.

Aiko looked at Niou secretly, who was busy chitchatting with his friends. "I don't know if I should go with you guys…" Aiko almost whispered.

"You're worried about Haru?" Mayu asked her. Aiko just nodded as an answer.

"Don't worry about him, as long as I'm with you, he can be tamed. Come with us, please?" Mayu said with pleading eyes.

"I promise you'll have some fun."

She's still having doubts about Niou being tamed but she can't refuse Mayu. "Okay then, I'll go with you guys." She smiled timidly.

Mayu smiled at her and dragged her with her arms.

"Come on now guys, let's go!" Mayu told the guys. "Gen-chan, are you coming with us?"

"I'm not coming, I still have kendo practice." Sanada said as he was preparing to leave the group with Yukimura and Yanagi. Mayu pouted at her brother, "Your no fun at all Gen-chan! You're always serious and irritable I am not going to wonder that someday you'll wake up in the morning old and grey. It seems like you have all the problems of the world." Mayu said with a pout. "You're no fun at all." she added.

"I don't do fun." the older Sanada said stoically.

"How about you, Yukimura-kun and Yanagi-kun? Are you guys coming with us?" Mayu asked the other so-called demons of Rikkaidai.

Yukimura smiled at them. "I still have things to do, maybe next time, Mayu-chan."

"Same here, I still have more important things to do." Yanagi said as he was furiously scribbling on his notebook.

"Don't force those three anymore, Mayu-chan. The three demons of Rikkaidai doesn't know how to have fun." Niou said with a smirk.

"I'll let that pass, Niou." Yukimura smiled mysteriously. Aiko doesn't know why but there's something with his smile that she can't figure out. Right then, Aiko realized that Yukimura Seichi is a lot scarier than Sanada. He's unpredictable. Now she knew why he's the captain. She also felt that even Niou was intimidated with him.

"Alright if you guys really not wanted to join, then so be it." Mayu said with disappointment in her voice.

"Let's go now! I really wanted to beat these senpai-tachi!" Akaya said energetically.

"Bakaya you will eat dust." Marui told his kouhai confidently.

Aiko just sighed as they headed to the arcade shop. Niou winked at her, he seemed very pleased that she joined them. He'll just tease me again…but I don't care, it's not as if I joined them because of him…I joined them because of Mayu-chan.

"No!" Akaya exclaimed loudly. He got defeated by Marui in a video game. "I want a rematch!" Kirihara demanded.

The two were seating in front of a video game in that crowded arcade gaming center. Many teenagers were there, having fun playing with the different arcade games.

Marui blew his gum and popped it. "No matter how many rematch you ask for, you will never defeat a tensai like me." Jackal cannot help but to sweatdropped at this. "I will defeat you in this next round." Akaya said confidently.

"Let's get it on!" The two guys continue their fateful match.

It was the first time that Aiko step her feet inside that kind of place and she have to admit that it seems fun to be there. Although it's so noisy, she was still having fun. She enjoyed watching the game between Akaya and Marui. Both are serious in that match. On the other hand, Niou and Jackal were also having a match in the dance revolution. She hated to admit but Niou's got good moves. Lastly, Yagyuu was playing alone the golf simulator.

"Come Aiko, let's grab some stuffed toys in the claw cranes!" Mayu said excitedly. Mayu dragged her to the claw cranes where cute stuffed toys are inside the machine. "Here's some token, just manipulate the joystick, all you have to do is have a precise timing. When you're a beginner it's hard to manipulate but eventually you will find it easier as long as you practice." Mayu said, "My boyfriend and I always went to a medical or plants related dates so once I told him that we should go to other places such arcade shops. And when we did he got me a cute spongebob toy from this machine." Mayu said fondly.

Aiko blinked a few times, "You have a boyfriend Mayu-chan?" Mayu look around frantically making sure that no one's listening to their conversation. "Yes, but its only our secret Aiko-chan if everyone learn about it especially my brother I'm dead." Mayu said to Aiko secretly with the hush tone on her voice.

"I see, don't worry I won't tell anything to anybody." Aiko said to her friend, "You can trust me." she added smiling to the raven-haired girl. Aiko then turned to the machine before her, she holds the coin and insert it in the toy machine. She saw the timer began and she started manipulating the joystick. She placed the claw above a cute Patrick the star stuffed toy. She was able to clasp the tip of Patrick's head and it was lifted. She manipulated the joystick slowly, she really wanted to get the stuffed toy but the claw stopped moving, times up!

She sighed. She was really eager to get the toy. "It's all right, you'll surely get that next time." Mayu said, she was now holding a toy in her hand. Aiko pouted, she wanted have one too.

"I'll just go buy tokens." She told Mayu. Aiko walked to the token booth and buy ten tokens. She really wanted to get that toy! She was really well-aware that she's becoming impatient and frustrated all just because of this toy machine.

She returned to the claw crane and started controlling the joy stick but she failed again. She tried again and again until she already consumed all the tokens. She wanted to kick the machine! She's so frustrated!

"Aiko-chan its alright, you can try again. Wait here, I'll buy you tokens." Mayu told her and walked to the token booth.

She just stood there staring at the cute Patrick the star stuffed toy. She pouted, she really wanted to have that! A moment later, she felt that someone stood beside her, she looked up and saw Niou, wearing his usual smirk "You want that stuffed toy?" he asked her.

"I'll get it for you." Niou said to the smaller girl.

"Thanks, but no thanks, I can get it by myself." She told him stubbornly and focused again her eyes on the claw crane machine.

"But I saw that you had numerous tries but you were never able to get it." He insisted.

"I still need practice, later I will really get it."

"You lack on timing pigtail." Niou pointed out making her twitched in annoyance, she felt him move beside her and the next thing she knew, he inserted a coin in the machine and he started controlling the joystick skillfully. The claw clasped the pink stuffed toy and moved swiftly until it reached the hole where the toys should be drop. Niou pulled the stuffed toy out of it and handed it to her.

Aiko stared at the huge stuffed toy in her hands, Niou really got it for her. "Don't expect me thank you because I did not ask for you to get it for me," she said.

"I'm not asking for your words of thanks, I want action than words." Then suddenly, his arms snaked around her waist and pulled her close to him. His face swiftly bends down with the intent to kiss her fully on her lips. Her eyes widened with what he did but thankfully her reflex kicks in, she pushed him away. Aiko looked around and saw that many eyes were staring at them. Aiko looked at Niou, he was smiling with the mixture of amusement on his handsome face. He is a certified Jerk! Her cheeks now are burning because of the shameful thing that happened. Her eyes become blurry, she never felt so humiliated in her entire life. She run past him but he grabbed her wrist to stop her. "Don't touch me," she said sternly but his gripped just tightened. "Let me go!" she tried to pull away her hand.

"I won't let you go."

She looked at his serious face. "Please stop doing this to me…I can't take it anymore…" she sobbed. Niou's face softened and let her go. Aiko run away from that place with her eyes full of tears. Why is he doing this, what have I done to him to make him treat me harshly.

"You overdid it Yagyuu." Niou who's dressed as Yagyuu commented surprisingly appearing behind the fake Niou.

Yagyuu shrugged it off, "Who cares?" he said as he tried to impersonate his double's partner's probable reaction.

A/N thanks for reading and please leave a review!