A/N: Whooo! Finally! My next chapter! Sorry if it took forever to wait….I was on vacation in San Francisco…hehe…yeah. Just read…and review. Please. I'm in big need of encouragement or else I can't upload the next chapter. Yes, the next chapter is done as well. It all depends on my confidence to upload it. Please boost up my self-esteem.

Chapter 4: Probability

A hand rested on Komaki's shoulder.

"Hey, are you alright?" Touya asked the fallen duo. Komaki perked her head up at the stranger, tears clouding her eyes and moisturizing her face.

"Please, help him," she sobbed, supporting Kusame's chest and back. Touya glanced at the sweaty-faced Kusame and raised his eyebrows.

"Of course," he replied with a calming and soothing voice, lifting Kusame up to his feet to stable him onto his shoulder. It wouldn't hurt to help them out, seeing as he was heading to the same place anyway.

"Thank you, so much."

With secondary help from Komaki, they carried Kusame toward the Health Office without any other words to each other.

Please be ok, Komaki prayed, counting the slowing seconds passing by. She reached down for Kusame's hand, sending an energy of soft coolness from her own.

The scent of it was like strawberries mixed with jasmine. Takanari sniffed the seducing smell of the ribbon for the third time as he examined it.

He looked up with wavering eyes, expecting Maguri and Maora to look back at him with a "he's-sorta-strange-sniffing-a-ribbon-off-the-ground" look, but it never came. On the contrary, no one was giving him any kind of look. That was probably because no one was particularly there.

It was like some kind of force drove everyone away so that he would have some alone time with the ribbon. It was almost believable.

Almost believable until he saw a familiar person heading his way.

A/N: That scene with Takanari and the ribbon is…strange…I know. And the worse part is I wrote it. Why'd I keep it here? I dunno. I was writing this while in my half-asleep, half-awake moments. At least the last sentence of that made sense…right?
"Yup, definitely chest pain," Senri informed the relaxing Kusame, who was drinking down a bottle of refigerated water.

"But will he be ok?" Komaki asked wearily. She twitled with the unwrapped letter between her fingers.

"Sure, sure," Senri replied unimportantly, "Your boyfriend will be well soon enough."

Kusame, who had tiled his bottle back for another slug, choked it out of his mouth.

"...HAA?!?! What did you just say?!?!?!" he demanded, coughing.

"Whoa there, little man," Senri warned, patting Kusme's back. "No need to overreact, I was only playing with you. Look at Komaki-san, you don't see her complaining…"

Komaki blushed at his indirect teasing and dropped the letter out of her hands.

Touya, who was politely smiling in the backgorund came up and picked the letter off the ground.

"Komaki-san," he whispered, patting her arm.

Komaki roughly turned toward him with a stressful expression etched on her face. "Ah," she sighed back after Touya waved the letter in front of her. "Thanks."

In the company of a hiding spot at the back of the health office, Ushio silently gasped. The letter had looked exactly like the one she had given Haine. But could it really be?

No, there's no ribbon on it. It couldn't possibly be. It can't. There's no way.

Ushio decided to let it go after reasoning that to herself, trying very hard to settle her pulse.

An awkward silence grew as Komaki, Touya, and Senri stood watching Kusame drink.

"Er…soo…" Touya began uncomfortably. After helping Kusame, he had temporarily forgotten what he was supposed to do.

"Is there something you need, Touya?" Senri read his easily seen through face.

"An advil, please," he answered quickly.

Senri moved his feet towards a cabinet next to him and pulled out a tab with a pill in it. He handed it to Touya with a "watch-him-carefully" look in his eyes. (Him being Takanari.)

Touya nodded and said, "I should go now. 'Shizumasa-sama' is waiting for me." He inclined his head to the others in the room who replied with the same. And out the door he went.

"Komaki-san, you go too," Senri suggested. "Don't worry, he can catch up with you later," he included when Komaki shot a hesitating glance back at Kusame.

Kusame looked up at her self-consciously and agreed, "Yeah, what he said."

She sighed again and surrendered, "Alright…see you in class, then." She slouched out the door, but instead of heading back to the classroom, she leaned on a wall in front of the School's Health Office to pass the time. She wasn't going to listen to them anyway.

With nothing better to do than fidget and worry more, she decided to occupy herself by looking at the details of the party list Kusame had made.

Scanning quickly through the beautifully written words, Komaki felt her heart beating just as fast. She stopped directly at the last few words:

Love me or no?

She gulped. Surely it wasn't supposed to be for her. For all she knew, it would make better sense if the letter was given to Onee-san. But there were no "ifs" in reality was there? Still, she wouldn't believe it. It WASN'T supposed to be for her. Period.

But she couldn't just hand it back to Kusame, could she? That would be like trying build a ladder as high as the sky. With popsicle sticks. Confessing to him was good enough. Was it?

Haine…she thought.

Yeah, Alright. She whould give the letter to Haine who would give it back to Kusame. Of course. And she wouldn't have to mention about it to anyone. Even him. She'll take care of the party list herself. Problem solved…or rather, sweeped under the carpet.

Haine was in the student council,…so Touya!!

Komaki snapped her head up from the letter to look for the friendly guy and saw that he wasn't that far away. He ran weird though…with his arms to the side…

She sprinted with all her strength toward him. All the while, she folded the letter neatly to how it was before.

"Touya-kun!"

Touya, who was humming while he strolled at a slow haste towards the Student Council room turned around to the one who called his name. He politely smiled at her even though he was getting a little impatient to go back to his master.

"Touya-kun, Touya-kun," Komaki huffed. She swallowed, feeling the hair raise at the back of her neck. "This letter…it belongs to Haine's brother...please give it to her." It was hard for her to say Kusame's name indirectly, much less actually saying it.

Touya though, couldn't hear the barely audible 'brother' part, thinking that the letter was for Haine.

A huge mistake.

Being fond of his master's love interest, Haine, he reached out his hand for the letter.

"Mmm, I'll definitely make sure she gets it," he assured with another gentle smile.

"Arigatou, Touya-kun," she replied with a bow. How many times had she said that to him? She watched him continue his bizzare jog while she stood motionless and silent.

She looked ahead at the once sunny sky now filled with ill-looking clouds. Another sigh would have excaped her if she hadn't heard a twig snap behind her.

Komaki whirled at the sound to see a confused Kusame.

"Why'd you give that to him?" he asked, stepping up closer to her. "Doushite?"

Haine ran around in circles until she was back at the place where she met up with Maguri and Maora.

Kusame, where ARE you?!?! She kept asking herself. Moving her eyes back and forth feverishly, she spotted someone she really would have loved to talk to if not for the current issue gong on.

Takanari returned her surprised gaze asking, "Haine, what are you doing (here)?" He cocked his head to the side. "You look toubled…is something wrong?"

Haine, touched by 'Shizumasa's' thoughtful questioned stuttered out a blushing reply, "No, no, how could there be anything wrong? Errr, I'm just looking for my little brother, that's all. Hehe," She flashed her usual cheery grin that usually made Takanari's heart skip a beat. This time was no different.

"Souka, souka," he nodded, brushing his thumb up and down the ribbon he still held. He needed to find an escape. Besides, he still needed that advil. Now more than ever. "Well, if I see him, I'll tell him that you were looking for him, ok?" He returned her grin with his own smile.

She awed at his gorgeous smile, a small part of her observing the ribbon he rubbed. Shaking her head up from her daze, she made her smile bigger.

Takanari misunderstood that shake for a 'no', and frowned, "So you don't want me to help?"

"Huh? Yes. I mean, No, of course I do!" she stammered.

"'No, of course you don't want me to help?'" he teased.

Haine didn't know what too say. She was down right confused. A sheepish laugh was her only reply.

"Ok, I'll tell him then. If I see him that is…"

Even more touched by his kindness, Haine bowed gratefully, replying, "Much thanks." She wanted to hug him so bad, but restrained herself from that urge to continue on her search.

Letting herself have one more look at her hearo before he was out of her sight, she finally noticed the similarity of the ribbon he had in his hands and the ribbon Ushio used on her letter. Slowing to a sudden halt, she turned back, confused and inquisitive.

Was it one and the same?

Let's find out, she told herself, tracing back her steps to the Student Council room.

-End of Chapter-

A/N: Whoo!!! Again! I can't believe I wrote another chapter. It's was pretty short cause I wanted to put something up for those who were waiting. So yeah, like I said, tell me if you like it!!! (review!)