A/N: as usual I don't own anything, only my OC. Enjoy

Chapter 4: Crush On You?

A small jolt shot through Eleanor's body as she slowly opened her eyes from her heavy induced sleep. She's never felt so drowsy as she sat up, her beautiful short jet black hair was all over her face. She ran her hand through her hair, groaned as she got up and headed towards to take a shower shuffling her feet as she walked.

She got in the tub, still very much half asleep and reached her hand toward the knob, but failing to notice that she just grabbed the cold water knob. The water hit her warm pale white skin like ice needles; it quickly brought her to her senses as the freezing water ran down her body.

"AAAAAAH!" she screamed as she tried backing up a bit more from the tub but she had turned that thing on full blast so it still reached her, she wrapped her arms around herself and now she was fully awake.

Yaya who was on her way to her room heard her panicked scream and quickly went inside her room and bursted inside the bathroom, worried that maybe her friend had fallen and hurt herself or something.

"Eli-san are you alright I heard you scream and…well…hello" Yaya slanted her head to the side, stunned seeing Eleanor's beautiful and sexy naked body. Eleanor finally noticed Yaya standing there staring at her and let out another panicked scream as she tried to cover herself unsuccessfully.

Now that her incident of terror was over, Eleanor and all her friends were all walking to school, and Eleanor never had such a rude awaking before, next time she is going to make sure she turns on the hot water next time. Eleanor didn't say much this morning, her face still rather red from the incident and Yaya walking in on her.

Yaya on the other hand, had a little bump on her head as she was followed by Tsubomi who was giving her a lecture about walking in on people like that and to knock first, well she assumed they were. Eleanor didn't blame her though, Yaya was just concerned with her well being, but out of all the times she could've entered her room…she enters when she was naked.

While Yaya had her hands full with Tsubomi, Eleanor spent the rest of the walk talking with Nagisa and Chikaru. Mostly about movies and games that Chikaru was interested in playing, and Nagisa talking about sweets she enjoyed, to which Chikaru suggested they could make some in her baking club; Eleanor was surprised by all the clubs she would create and on the spot too.

They came to the spot of the road where it was time to branch off to their schools, Chikaru went one way with her trio of girls and the last thing she managed to hear her say before she was out of ear shot, was something about making a movie comedy club in Japanese, and she managed to understand it this time.

Almost all week, Nagisa and Yaya have been helping her with her Japanese so she could be able to understand it, and with a little help from Shizuma she'd been able to pick it up quickly, but she wouldn't be speaking it anytime soon but she was trying.

-"Really Yaya-sempai, why don't you knock before entering someone's room, you shouldn't barge in like that, you should know better."- was also another thing she heard from Tsubomi as they left to their school

-"Leave me alone Tsubomi!"- She heard Yaya say, she had to laugh as she found it funny that a day can't go by without those two arguing about something, sometimes you would think they like each other.

She was in her class room while the lecture went on, but what was on her mind right now was the girl that had been in her thoughts all night…did she like Miyuki…or was it something else. Something inside her told her she liked her a lot and if she did, what would she do if she saw Miyuki today; what would say?

"Do I really…like her…what if it's just a phase." the doubt began to eat away at her; she certainly hoped it wasn't a phase, she really did like her and she could actually see herself with Miyuki forever.

She left the class in deep thought; she figured maybe some fresh air would do her good right now. She walked aimlessly outside, as she kept thinking to herself if her feelings were genuine, and if her heart was true…but would Miyuki feel the same way.

She hadn't noticed that she was in front of the Lulim School, until a girl in the uniform passed by her that she finally looked up and saw where she was. She thought maybe she could go hang out with Chikaru a bit and maybe clear her head.

Inside the school was a way different environment that she was used, the walls were a nice shade of pink and the atmosphere felt warm and inviting, she realized she had never once been inside this school beside Miator. She walked around a bit asking where Chikaru was and after a bit of searching she found the room where she held all her club activities.

She opened the doors and Chikaru with her cute little trio all turned to see who was making their way inside, and their faces lit up when they saw Eleanor walk through those doors as they had grown to like her a lot when they first met her.

"Eli-oneesama, were so glad you came" Kizuna and Remon said in unison as they hugged Eleanor, the other girl Kagome was happy too, but instead of saying it she waved the stuffed bears hand that she always carried with her.

"Oh my Eli-chan what brings you over here" Chikaru sounded extremely happy to see her and rose from where she was sitting to give Eleanor a hug too.

She told them that she wanted to visit them and maybe have a little fun with her in the countless clubs she made, Chikaru hid behind a sly grin as she looked at Eleanor. Eleanor didn't even understand how Chikaru got her to dress up in so many outfits. But she admitted it was very fun, and they all thought she looked incredibly sexy in a tight leather gothic vampire apparel, even Chikaru had to wipe off a bit of blood running down her noise.

She must have spent a few hours in there having fun, and it did help clear her head but the thoughts of Miyuki quickly came flooding back. She sat there listening to Chikaru talk to her girls but she was actually just thinking about Miyuki, and Kagome noticed something was wrong with her oneesama.

"What's wrong…" she startled Eleanor with her very soft voice; Eleanor looked at her with a puzzled look. Nothing was wrong was there, at least she didn't think so.

"You're thinking about someone…aren't you" she said again, and it somehow struck a chord…was it that obvious, or maybe she was just really perceptive, but she was indeed thinking of someone.

"Oh my…I think Eli-chan has a crush on someone, don't you Eli-chan?" Chikaru winked at Eleanor while crossing her arms, Eleanor could feel her face getting red. The girls kept asking her who it was that she liked cheerfully but Eleanor didn't know how to answer them.

"I uuh…I don't have someone like that…" Eleanor never felt so embarrassed like that, Chikaru giggled sensing her nervousness she decided to avoid the topic but she knew that she did like someone, the signs were there and Chikaru wasn't blind to them, she offered a cheerful smile to Eleanor.

Before Chikaru could say anything, the door opened and another girl walked in as everyone turned to see who it was. Eleanor didn't know this girl but she was wearing a Spica uniform, and had blonde hair with a red ribbon attached in the back of it and when she turned to look at Chikaru, she saw her face gleam with joy.

-"Shion-koi, it's so good to see you again I've—"- and her words were interrupted when the other girl pressed her lips on Chikaru's and the two began a deep kiss. Eleanor watched in awe but the other girls didn't seem phased by it, which was surprising to her.

Chikaru wrapped her arms around her girlfriend and broke the kiss; she turned to Eleanor and saw she was completely stunned.

"Eli-chan…this is Shion, my girlfriend" she introduced them to each other and both actually got along just fine, Chikaru was content seeing that. After that she turned to Chikaru to talk to her about her day.

-"So what's wrong Shion-koi, you don't normally look this stressed"- she asked her beloved Shion.

-"school today was a bit more stressful than usual...there's just so much stuff to put up with and Kaname doesn't make things any easier…"- she began explaining all the stuff that went on through her day, Eleanor able to make sense of bits and pieces of the conversation.

Chikaru sat Shion down in the seat she was in, and started giving her a small massage on her shoulders to help ease her stress. From the looks of it Shion was feeling very relaxed as her eyes closed and a relieved smile appeared on her face, at least till Chikaru stopped to embrace her from behind and parted her hair over her ear.

-"tell you what sweetie…tonight we'll go to my room, and I'll give you a better massage and maybe…if you're up for it maybe a little late night fun"- a light shade of red was appearing on Shion's delicate features and turned to nod at her as they kissed again.

Eleanor decided she'd better get going and bid farewell to everyone and headed outside. She hadn't realized how much time had already passed, the big red orange orb that was the sun was already setting but she paid no heed to it so instead she kept walking around.

She continued to walk without a destination in mind, letting the cool winds refresh her as she pressed forward. Spica's stables came into view from the distance and she thought it would be a nice idea to stop there and see how the stables there were like.

She leaned on the wooden rails of the fence surrounding the field and stayed there watching her surroundings; she closed her eyes for a moment to listen to everything around her and think. One thought that was killing her was, what if she was rejected…what would she do, she didn't think she would be able to handle it, it was a horrifying thought.

The thought alone was tearing away at her, million things were playing out in her mind, if she would to be rejected…it was painful to even keep thinking about it. Eleanor had been in love with another girl before back in London, but she wasn't able to return her feelings for reasons being that she said she would shame her family and left her with a broken heart; Eleanor knew she wouldn't be able to handle a second heart break.

She then heard footsteps behind her and found herself being embraced from behind, she turned to see who it was and saw it was none other than Yaya. Eleanor felt…warm in the embrace, it felt good after everything that was going through her mind; she needed a little place to find some comfort.

"Hey…you look like you could use a bit of company" Yaya cooed those words into Eleanor's ear, and she couldn't be more right at the moment, she turned around to return the embrace.

"I guess I was right…" of course she was, Yaya had seen her walk towards the fence with a rather sad face on her delicate features and thought she could lend a shoulder to her best friend.

"Want to tell me what's wrong Eli-san, you look so down…" it was very clear on Eleanor's face the way she felt, her eyes appeared to be lost and a frown on her face, Yaya felt Eleanor tighten up a bit.

"I…don't know Yaya…I don't know what I'm feeling, I mean…I've been having mixed feelings about this girl…that I…like, and if I tell her I feel, I don't think she will return my feelings." She began to confess to Yaya what was eating away at her, she buried her head in Yaya's chest as she continued to hold her.

"I think…I might understand what you're going through Eli-san, we're both the same there…"Eleanor looked up and met her her gaze, nothing but sincerity in them etched with a bit of sorrow.

Yaya turned her gaze to look at something behind Eleanor, and noticing this, Eleanor followed her gaze to see what she was staring at and she saw Hikari off in the distance, she seemed to be talking with another girl on a horse but she couldn't make out who it was.

She figured that Yaya probably liked her, and understood what she had been feeling too, Yaya was like her. But Eleanor then thought that maybe Yaya was never meant to be with Hikari…of course she wouldn't say that, as she didn't really know Hikari that well and didn't know much about Yaya's love life. No, she felt that a certain pink haired girl Yaya had always been arguing would suit her better.

Eleanor only hoped Yaya would come to realize it too; after all it was clear to almost everyone that in some form they liked each other. She knew it, but did Yaya? Eleanor would have to try to talk to both of them sometime later and find out.

"you know Yaya…you can try so hard to get someone but…sometimes you fail to see what's right in front of you" Yaya looked at her confused…what did she mean, was she talking about herself? Did Eleanor like her…it couldn't be could it, she probably would have told her, but Yaya saw her more like her best friend than anything else.

"What do you mean Eli-san?" Eleanor only chuckled and assured her that in due time she would know.

"Well then, who is the girl you like Eli-san" Yaya asked her, wanting to find out exactly who it was or if Eleanor did indeed like her. Eleanor was a bit hesitant at first, she felt extremely shy as to even look at Yaya, but a comforting tug told her that Yaya was there for her.

"…Miyuki" she told her with a glimmer in her eyes, Yaya was a bit surprised that she liked Miyuki but was happy that she was feeling this things for her.

"…you're very lucky Eli-san" Eleanor looked at her with a confused look. "Why is that?"

"well…when Miyuki first arrived here, we found out that she was promised to wed a man chosen for her since birth…only thing was she had to graduate first before they were to be wedded. But when Miyuki was a fifth year here…she got a call from him saying that he was calling the whole thing off because he felt that it was unfair for her." Eleanor listened to the story intensely, hearing every word Yaya told her.

"How do you know all this?" she asked Yaya who kindly smiled "word got around in part due to Shizuma"

"And I'm happy that you have these feelings for her Eli-san, but Miyuki hasn't been one to love someone else…being in a forced marriage, she avoided loving someone for so long…but somehow I feel that you can reach her heart Eli-san…" Yaya looked at Eleanor sincerely.

Somehow she felt better knowing all this and she couldn't believe that Miyuki was forced into such a thing, and forcing herself not to love anyone during her stay here was crazy. If Eleanor tried going through this school without falling for someone she would have lost her mind. With new found strength growing inside her, she was more determined to try and find a way to reach out to her.

"Eli-san, I'm always here whenever you need me okay…" Eleanor felt an overwhelming sense of happiness knowing that her best friend would always be there to watch her back and comfort her. The peaceful aura surrounding them was amazing, Eleanor felt really at peace at the moment, and just like that, a piecing call ripped through the air sending chills down Yaya's spine.

-"Yaya-sempaaai!" a loud call could be heard in the distance and they both turned around and saw the pink haired girl running towards them.

-"I've finally found you Yaya-sempai, you should know better than to skip practice!" her voice carried itself very well and her pretty pink hair flowing nicely in the wind held in place by a black head band she wore on it. She then grabbed Yaya by the ear and began taking her to the chapel to begin her practice.

-"ow ow ow my ear! Let go you evil woman!"- Yaya's frantic cries fell on deaf ears as Tsubomi continued pulling her ear despite her protest.

-"you have no excuse to skip practice Yaya-sempai and you also have tons of homework that you haven't even started"- Tsubomi turned to Eleanor and excused herself as she took Yaya by the ear and Yaya continued to curse at her as she dragged her off by the ear.

Eleanor had been laughing the whole time she was watching this little scene unfold, and she didn't want to get in the way for feeling that Tsubomi might drag her back to the dorms by her ear as well. It became clear to Eleanor that those two had hidden feelings for each other but they would rather die than admit it to each other. In due time Eleanor thought, those two would eventually fall for each other and admit to one another, of course with a little behind the scenes help from Eleanor.

After they could no longer be seen, she wrapped her arms around herself when a cold chilly wind hit her body and decided it was time to head back to the dorms. She walked a bit across the stone road to the dorms but was unable to see in the darkness that was being created by the trees blocking out the moonlight and small lamp posts.

The cold winds were getting to her, she felt like sharp razors were being dug into her skin, and the strange part was that it wasn't close to winter yet; she could only imagine how cold it would get when the season would arrive.

She wandered around for a few minutes and was about to give up as she was feeling lost, and she had just passed the same bench twice. She looked up and saw a building she hadn't seen during the day time, it was a building made of glass…she got closer and upon inspection she saw a lot of flowers almost everywhere inside it.

"a green house?" she didn't even know they had one, she checked the door to see if it was unlocked when she saw a figure running out of there, and on reaction Eleanor hid behind a tree and waited to see who it was. The figure ran past a lamp post and was just able to make out that she had red hair tied into a pony tail.

"Was that…Nagisa?" she wondered if anything happened but recalled seeing a happy expression on Nagisa's face so it was good enough that she didn't have to worry.

She opened the door the green house to have a look inside; she closed the door gently behind her making one of those eerie creeks and began examining all the flowers. She had never seen so many flowers in one place, they were beautiful but before she could touch one, she felt she wasn't alone.

She looked around and spotted a girl sitting in a table that was in the center of everything on top of a few steps. It was Shizuma; she looked like she was lost in thought and the moonlight shining on her made her look amazing, it was illuminating her beautifully. Shizuma noticed a presence in the room and spotted Eleanor, and smiled at her.

"hey there cutie, what brings you out here this late" Shizuma asked Eleanor, she had lost track of time as it was nearing eleven o'clock at night, but she could ask her the same thing.

"I was just heading back to the dorms and I kinda got lost…"she chuckled to herself. "And I've just been walking …and thinking."

The whole day had been filled with so many things going on around her, and after hearing the situation Miyuki used to be in, well that was a bit to take in. Shizuma could see that something was on her mind, it was too obvious, and it was like there was a big sign across her face that spelled it out.

"What's on your mind Eli" Eleanor took a seat in front of Shizuma, wondering what she should say.

"Just thinking about…a girl I…like" Eleanor felt nervous telling this to Shizuma, she was Miyuki's friend after all and she didn't quite know how she would react to hearing it, but just from the short time she's known Shizuma she didn't seem like the type to get angry or anything.

"Oh, is that so my little Eli" a smirk appearing across Shizuma's face "so who is this girl, do I know her?" Shizuma placed one hand under her chin to prop herself on the table and grin. Shizuma wanted to confirm if what she thought was true, she suspected that Eleanor likes Miyuki but wanted to make sure.

"Um...I uhh…yes…" Shizuma barely heard her, she answered in an almost quiet whisper and Eleanor gazed down to the floor as she said.

"I didn't quite catch that Eli" Shizuma teased her a bit, so she would say it louder. As cute as Eli was, she enjoyed teasing her a lot, especially since they first met; Eleanor was just too sweet and cute.

"Yes you do" she said louder this time. Shizuma reached her hand to lift Eleanor's face to look at her

"So I know this girl huh?" Shizuma asked and inched a bit closer to her.

"It's…Miyuki." Shizuma smiled, she was right. Eleanor was in love with Miyuki.

"well it's about time, someone finally fell for her" she looked at Eleanor pleasantly, and why did she say that? Have no other girls taken a liking on to her, and why wouldn't they, Miyuki was amazing in Eleanor's eyes. After asking if Eleanor knew about the ex fiancée that Miyuki had, she began to explain a bit more.

"After she was single again, no other girl ever approached her…being the council president and all, most girls found her frightening, perhaps thought she just didn't like anyone." Eleanor couldn't see why they would, she was an extremely awesome girl and Eleanor was crazy about her.

"You would not believe how much I had to put up with her moping around at times, but I stuck with her through it." She laughed lightly reflecting back on it.

"And I swear if I have to hear another 'you need to take your duties as Etolie more serious' I think I'm going to lose it, I swear she can give you a lecture till your ears fall off and she really needs to loosen up a bit." Shizuma mimicked Miyuki as she began to laugh, making Eleanor giggle a bit. Shizuma changed her expression to a bit more serious one.

"But I'm glad, someone has taken an interest in her…and that someone is you." She said with warmth behind her words.

"Hey tell you what, if you're interested I can try and help you win over Miyuki." Eleanor's face shot up; she couldn't believe what she just heard. She quickly accepted her offer and was extremely happy knowing that Shizuma would be helping her.

"It's settled then Eli, and by the way may I ask you something" Eleanor nodded her head. "How about you and I have a little girl's night out." Eleanor was confused, how would they have a night out, aren't they under curfew and the sisters sometimes check up on them.

"I would like to…but how would we do that" Shizuma stood up and glanced outside one of the glass walls.

"Just meet here after sun down, and we'll go have a bit of fun." She replied with a wink. Eleanor agreed for their night out and with that she said good night to Shizuma and headed outside to head back to the dorms.

She was greeted by the cold air of the night as she stepped outside and started heading back to the dorms as Shizuma wanted to stay there a bit longer, so with a bit of guidance she finally knew where to go. She would have to thank Shizuma later for helping her in all this and to her best friend Yaya for always being there for her.

Eleanor wondered just what Shizuma had in mind for the girl's night out that she suggested, and how were they going to leave the school grounds. Eleanor was guilty in the past for leaving private schools at night to hang out with her friends to go to the movie theaters, but this time it was different. While not one to turn down invitations like Shizuma's, Eleanor figured that maybe Shizuma will give her some advice to help her reach out to Miyuki.

She kept going over it in head countless times, and when she turned the corner something happened that she didn't quite expect. There she was…Miyuki was sitting in a bench reading a small book and dressed in her sleeping clothes, not that Eleanor was complaining but what was she doing outside this late at night.

Miyuki turned from her book when she felt someone else nearing her and made eye contact with Eleanor and was all too happy to see her.

"Ah Eleanor-san, it's good to see you, but what are you doing out here this late" Miyuki asked Eleanor.

"I've just been walking around, enjoying the…view and I guess I lost track of time" Eleanor replied, she just kept looking at how beautiful Miyuki was; her heart began to beat a little faster.

"What about you Miyuki…what are you doing up" Miyuki looked at her

"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I could come out here and relax a bit" She explained. "I was just about to head back actually, want to go together" She asked, and Eleanor quickly agreed.

They talked for a bit and Miyuki was really enjoying Eleanor's company, even when they weren't talking she found herself enjoying just being around Eleanor, she hadn't felt like that at all since years ago, besides Shizuma of course.

"Eleanor-san, how about tomorrow we get some breakfast together, and talk, just the two of us." She gently asked Eleanor in a pleasant voice.

"I would love that Miyuki" as she figured this would be the perfect time to get to know her better, she couldn't be more excited. The both of them continued their walk towards the dorms to enjoy a good night's rest.

Somewhere behind a tree however, someone was watching this event play it out and smiled to herself.

-"Well…it's a start."- She said as the wind blew her silver mane across her body.

End Chapter 4: Crush On You?