i still do not(and probably never will) own any part of La Corda d'Oro.

Chapter 7: Late, AGAIN!!

Its Monday now. Kahoko is walking to school.

"Ah…I'm so tired…staying up all night doing homework is the greatest experience…and today IS Monday I'm sure of that." Kahoko trudged along the sidewalk as she made her way to school.

"Are you positive it's Monday?"Kahoko turned when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

A smiling Len greeted her. In surprise she jumped back.

"What?" a peeved look replaced Tsukimori's smile, "You look like you've seen a ghost."

I'm still not very used to smile, his REAL GENUINE one. I was close to him before and he showed the real him to me, but he never REALLY smiled until now…Kahoko straightened up and grinned as she caught up with her boyfriend.

Len jolted as he felt a pair of arms wrap around him, and then relaxed enjoying the short embrace.

"Really, you should smile more…for me." Hino beamed up at Len with the face of an angel.

The boy was frozen, inwardly fighting with his desire to pick her up take her home and lock the door.

"Hello? Len-kun?" Kahoko waved a hand in front of his frozen figure, "We're going to be late for school at this rate!"

Finally melting Tsukimori grabbed Kahoko and kissed her.

All resolve turning to dust; Hino kissed him back with a passion.

They were caught up in their own private world where school and classes didn't exist, and received a rude awakening when they heard the school bell ring.

"Aiya, I'm going to be late again!!" Kahoko cried. She and Len dashed into the entrance and up their separate paths to their school buildings.

Kahoko's POV

"Late AGAIN!! Aghh…why did you have to get so caught up in that? It was just a k-"Hino scolded herself, only to be stopped upon hearing a frighteningly familiar voice.

"A k-what?"

"Eh? YUNOKI-SENPAI?!" Kahoko exclaimed, breaking into a cold sweat.

Why is this guy always here when I mess up? Or give things away?! STALKER!!!! Wait. Calm. Down. The girl took a deep breath.

Pasting on an expression of faux shock she acted out the script she had devised in the last half-second.

"OI!! Yunoki-senpai!! You scared me to DEATH there! Don't ever do that again…" Hino cried, panting heavily.

"A k-what?" Azuma prompted, looking expectant.

Kahoko played dumb. "Huh? What? A k-what?" she cocked her head. "OH! You mean the kitten!" she exclaimed.

"The kit…" Azuma sweatdropped as he watched Kahoko.

"YEAH a kitten!! The po' thing was lawst you see. And I went, "Aww! Poor little kitten! And I picked it up. And then I had to find where it was BEFORE it got lost and then…" Kahoko went on over excitedly making wild gestures with her arms.

"Hai, hai. I get it now, calm down Kahoko." Azuma said, trying to stop the wild girl.

The red-head flinched when she heard Yunoki say 'Kahoko' but quickly got back on track.

"I've got to go to SCHOOL senpai! I have CLASSES I'm late too!" Hino pointed at her watch that wasn't there. "You have them too, don't you senpai?" She put her hands on her hips.

"My first period teacher is a WOMAN Kahoko." The boy said, twirling his hair with his finger and smiling at her.

Hino inwardly sighed. Of course. As long as it's a girl he can smooze his way out of ANYTHING. Lucky bastard.

"Well, I'm not you and I have to go to class." Kahoko said to Azuma and started to walk off.

"Ok, fine." Yunoki twirled the red-head around and kissed her on the cheek.

WHAT?! A shocked Kahoko immediately blushed (no kidding).

"Ahh…your reactions are wonderful." The boy turned and headed off to class. "Ja ne Kahoko-chan."

That bastard! His teasing feels even worse now I have a boyfriend…I'm not HIS 'toy' anymore Kahoko turned on her heel and dashed off to class.

Panting she burst into her first period.

"Kahoko Hino, do you have a reason you're so late? First period is almost over." The teacher looked at her expectantly.

"Ah…eh…umm…" Kahoko searched desperately for something. I spent too long kissing my boyfriend and when I tried to come to class Yunoki-senpai stopped me and wouldn't let me go until he had sufficiently tortured me to his heart's content(or until he had to go to class.)Yeah right Kahoko, like she's going to believe that.

"My alarm didn't go off." The girl grinned sheepishly as she made her way to her desk.

"Alright ok. Now class turn to page 26 in your…" the teacher turned to the whiteboard.

Phew that was a close one! Kahoko sighed in relief.

Later that day (after school)

Kahoko was walking out of school. "Ah! Finally done!"

Suddenly she was pulled backwards. Something feels familiar about this. she thought as a car door slammed.

Azuma drove off as Kahoko put her hands on the glass and mouthed HELP ME!!

The whole courtyard was filled with frozen students as they tried to decipher what just happened.

"I've decided your punishment Kahoko." The purple-haired boy smiled coyly at the female violinist.

"EH? For what?" Hino racked her mind for things that could have brought this on.

"For the picture of you and Tsukimori-kun on the front page of the paper."

"I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT! IT WASN'T EVEN TRUE! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO…"

Azuma placed his finger lightly on the girl's mouth. "Nevertheless, it was on the front page." He said, while tracing the outline of her lips.

She swiped his hand away. "Ok then," she wiped her mouth, "What're you going to do this time?" she glared at him.

Yunoki laughed. "It's simple. You're just going to e my girlfriend for a day!

How was it? Please tell me what you thought! This is starting to get really fun to write…I'm going to have fun writing the next chapter! Mwahahaha!!

Well then, Ja ne!

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