Chapter 3:
"Then why do you keep following her?"

Nanami wakes up from her slumber and feeling sleepy.
She turned towards the clock to see it was 6:30 am.

"Wow I woke up pretty early." She said to herself while rubbing her eyes.

She was debating whether she should get up or go back to sleep.
Then she giggled towards herself. "I should get up or else I'll be too tired to wake up again."

She got up and got out of bed and started changing into her casual clothes. A red blouse witha white collar and white polka dots, white caprice, and red flats. For accessories she put on a white beaded bracelet and a sliver watch on her right wrist.

Nanami walked out of her room and decided to go to the practice room because she wasn't really hungry.

She sat down at the piano in the room and was thinking of what kind of melody to write down.
"What kind of melody can suit Kurosaki-san?" She asked herself.
And then suddenly a short melody came to her mind. "I better right this down before I forget." She said to herself.

Nanami was in a pleasant aura humming and writing down notes after notes and playing them on the piano.

Ranmaru was sitting in the lounge room bored and not sure what to do.
"Why couldn't I sleep well last night?" He questioned himself.

He decided to take a walk around the building since he had nothing better to do.
He yawned as he was walking. "I guess I'm tired since I didn't get much sleep." He said to himself.

As he was walking down a hall he noticed someone was playing the piano.
"That melody doesn't sound half bad."He said walking towards the music.

He was about to walk into the room but noticed it would have been rude to just interrupt. So he decided to just lay his back against the wall right beside the door. He closed his eyes as he peacefully listened to the melody.

And before he knew it he also started humming. Suddenly the sound of the melody stopped and he heard light footsteps heading towards the door.

Ranmaru started panicking a little but just stood there not sure what to do.

"Kurosaki-san that was you? I really love your voice" Nanami said with a calm smile.

Ranmaru got surprised and jumped back a little. He started rubbing the back of his neck.
"Idiot what are you talking about I was only humming." He said replying to Nanami.

"Ah then if you don't mind would you add lyrics to the melody I was just playing?" Nanami asked a little nervously.

"Why should I? I have better things to do." Said Ranmaru a little annoyingly.
He started to slowly walk down the hall again.

Nanami looked sadly towards the floor. "I understand." She said politely.

Ranmaru turned around looking at Nanami. "I should just leave her there." He thought to himself.
"But… I can't help but get a feeling I'll regret this if I do leave her there." He thought to himself again.

Ranmaru turned around and headed towards Nanami.
"On second thought I don't mind wasting some of my time doing this."He said to Nanami a little apologetic.

After Nanami heard those words she suddenly brightened up and smiled.
"Thank you so much!" She said happily as she bowed.

Ranmaru smiled gently without him realizing and then said "Stupid you don't need to bow."

"Um okay!." Nanami said nervously happy.

Nanami walked over to the piano and sat down. She looked around to see if there were any other chairs so Ranmaru could sit down.
"Um Kurosaki-san if you don't mind you can sit beside me." Nanami said politely without knowing what she just said.

Then Ranmaru immediately started to blush, averting his eyes he replied. "Do you even know what you're saying? Stupid I'll just stand beside you."

Nanami replied with a nod. "Okay."

And so Nanami began to play the piano, Ranmaru was listening falling into a daydream and naturally coming up with lyrics.
Soon Ranmaru got tired of standing and wanted to sit down but he was worried he would be a bit too close to Nanami and invade her personal space.

He kept hesitating and decided to sit down, he immediately got stiff . After he did Nanami turned towards him, Ranmaru noticed she was blushing a little but she had a bright smile and she kept playing the piano. They both were connected at that moment, through music and were in a very pleasant aura.

Nanami stopped playing at some point so she could take a break; she checked her watch to see the time was 7:45am and gasped.
"Oh no I'm going to be late the meeting starts at 8:00am!" She quickly gathered her stuff and started heading towards the door but before she did she turned around and said "Thank you very much Kurosaki-san! I had a lot of fun, let's do this again another time."

Ranmaru waved as she left. "Why do I keep involving myself?" He said to himself as he sighed.
Then suddenly someone walked into the room.

"I think you're in love with that girl! Ah that atmosphere I just saw was so lovey dovey!" Teased a familiar voice.

Ranmaru noticed it was Reiji. "Shut up, why would I ever fall in love with a girl like her." Ranmaru spoke seriously.

Reiji's expression changed to a more serious look. "Then why do you keep following her? If you don't want that to happen again I'm sure you know what to do." Said Reiji.

Ranmaru sat down and put his hands on his face."I know but I… don't understand why I keep following her" he said desperately.

"I'm sure you'll find a decision soon and I'll support you throughout the way." Said Reiji a little confidently.

Ranmaru sighed and then replied. "I'm not sure what's going to happen anymore but I'll try to avoid from that happening again."

"Right now you're most likely on a rocky path but I'm sure it'll smooth out" Reiji said trying to cheer up Ranmaru a little.

Ranmaru just sat there silently with his hands still on his face.

Reiji decided to leave him there and let him have time to think for himself, and he left the room.

Ranmaru sat there making no movements or sounds.

Nanami arrived at the meeting but realized no one was there.
"Um excuse me is there anyone here?" she said politely.

"Oh you must be the composer of Starish, Nanami Haruka right?" Said a feminine voice.

"Yes I'm here for a meeting but no one seems to be here." Said Nanami questioning the woman.

"Well it seems Shining Saotome is out and the meeting was cancelled." Replied the woman.

"Oh I understand, and thank you." Said Nanami as she bowed.

Nanami walked out of the building and headed back to the dorms.

She walked inside the building and started going up the stairs. "I'm kind of tired." She said half yawning.

Then suddenly she crashed into someone causing her to fall back. Nanami closed her eyes scared that she was going to hit the stairs and the floor.

"Huh? How come I haven't felt any pain yet?" Nanami thought to herself.
She slowly opened her eyes to see another pair of aqua green eyes.

Nanami quickly pushed Ai away from her and she started blushing.

"Hmm? That's kind of rude for someone who just saved you from getting injured." Said Ai.

Nanami realized what she did and nervously bowed. "I'm very sorry, I was careless and bumped into you."

"It's okay but watch out where you're going, at this rate it'll be like Friday the 13th for you." Said Ai.

Nanami grew pale "I-I Understand." And then she cautiously walked off.

Ai sighed "Don't take it seriously Haruka-chan!" said Ai making sure she heard it.

Nanami heard him but still cautiously walked down the hallway. She walked into the lounge room and took a seat.

"Today's day was some day huh?" Nanami said to herself.

She laid down on the couch thinking about what happened today. And before she realized it she dozed off and started sleeping.

Ai was walking down the hallway heading towards the lounge room.
"Ahh I'm thirsty." He said.

He walked into the room and noticed Nanami was asleep on a couch.
"She's so reckless and vulnerable." Said Ai while sighing.

Ai looked around the room and inside the cabinets to see if there were any blankets. He found one and decided to cover Nanami with it. And then he sat in another seat near her so he could keep watch over her.

"Ai what are you doing?" Asked a deep voice.

Ai turned towards the door to see it was Ranmaru.
"It shouldn't concern you now should it?"Replied Ai coldly.

"Pretty cold words from a robot." Said Ranmaru. "Get away from her, she doesn't need a brat like you to watch over her."

"Same to you." Replied Ai.

"Why you little-"Before Ranmaru could finish Nanami woke up.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes half asleep.

Both Ai and Ranmaru couldn't help but blush over the fact that she looks cute.

"Huh? What is Ai and Ranmaru doing here?" Nanami questioned both of them.

(If you don't know what they meant when they said "that", it means they were talking about Ranmaru's first girlfriend who broke up with him. (Stated in Chapter 2)

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