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Trip to New York

Chapter Four

Awkward

"First time!" Amou-san said to me when I arrived in the train station. First time I'm early! Ha! Of course I'll be early, I woke up three in the morning!

"Ohayo. . . . .Hino-sempai. . . . . " Shimizu-kun greeted sleepily.

"You're early for the first time. . . . . Kaho," Yunoki-sempai greeted. Kaho?!?! I blushed a little. Amou choked because of nothing and Shimizu suddenly woke up completely. Yunoki chuckled.

"Just joking," he said, laughing. Well, that's not a good joke. Then something flashed back from my head.

"Haha! You can't catch me Kaho!" Ji Hu Min said.

"I'm almost there!" I said loudly, not sure if it's true. Losing out of breath, I stopped running and sat in the fresh green grass.

"Daijyoubou?" Ji Hu asked, approaching me and rubbing my back.

"Gotcha!" I said happily, touching Ji Hu's hands. I laughing.

"You got me!" he said, laughing and pushing me, making me fall and lie down the grass. He also lied down beside me.

"Nice wind," I commented, closing my eyes. I heard Ji Hu whisper something.

"What?" I asked, turning to look at him.

"Nothing," he immediately said, looking away with a red face. Huh?

Anyway, after those times, I heard that Ji Hu Min went back to Korea without any word. We were just six years old back then and that Ji Hu will start his primary school years in Korea since his father's job in Japan is already done. Uhm. . .as far as I can remember, he has black hair and golden eyes. He also plays the violin and is really amazing as a kid. How cold . . . Leaving without telling anything. . .

"Kaho," someone said. I snapped out from my reverie. Yunoki-sempai is so close to me, our faces one inch away. I jerked away and blushed a deep red.

"W-w-what are you doing?" I stuttered. "W-w-what have you just called Hino-chan?" Hihara-sempai added. I turned. Hihara had already arrived. Fuyuumi-chan and Tsukimor-kun is also here, as usual, Tsukimori just standing there not looking, emotionless.

"Hmm?" Yunoki said, turning to look at Hihara. "Ka-ho," he said again, showing his fake smile. My face felt hot again. Even Hihara blushed awkwardly at the sound of my name. Someone cleared their throat. We all turned. Tsuchiura-kun and Kanayan-sensei had already arrived.

"What are we waiting for?" Kanayan-sensei said to break the awkwardness. "It's already 6:30 and our flight is 7:30! We need to go to the airport immediately!" he continued.

The way to the airport was fast. We were silent while traveling, except Amou-san who's sparkling while taking a picture of all of us while we're silent.

Narita Airport was crowded and wide and I'm proud to say that I didn't get lost. The airplane departed exactly at 7:30. Hihara-sempai is my seatmate; Fuyuumi and Amou in front, Yunoki and Tsuchiura at the back, Tsukimori and Shimizu at my right after the aisle, and Kanayan-sensei and someone unknown in their front.

I yawned. I didn't have enough sleep. Closing my eyes, I fell to unconsciousness. I felt someone stiffen.

"H-hino-chan?" I heard a voice. After a moment, he relaxed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . . . . .

I woke up after about 8 hours of sleep because of a flash.

"Oops, I didn't turn off the flash, sorry," Amou said. Realizing that I'm sleeping on Hihara's shoulders, and Hihara realizing he's sleeping on the top of my head, we jerked away. I blushed crimson. He blushed scarlet.

"Ooohhh . . . What's this awkward atmosphere?" Amou asked teasingly. She is standing and is facing us now. Fuyuumi stood up, faced us and pushed Amou to sit down.

"Don't disturb!" I heard her whisper. Whisper? That was loud.

"Ahehe . . . Gomen," Hihara apologized awkwardly.

"I'm the one supposed to apologize," I said, awkwardly too.

"Please fasten your seatbelt, we're almost landing," the stewardess informed three times.

That made our awkward conversation stop followed by an awkward silence.

*that was the end of the chapter!! Please hold on a little while for the next one!! Oh, and thanks for everyone who took time to read this fanfic. Please don't forget to review!! Luv yah guys!!^^*