Episode 10: "Yuki's Weakness…"

Scene 14: [At last! So the bell had now started to welcome the next challenge for the sleepy heads of these students. However, the weird aura of the tour remains and they're still worried about what is going on and what is being planned there. But fortunately, they're just about to find out already…]

…C-R-R-R-I-I-I-NG!

Mizuki: [Sitting on the side of her bed.] "Shizuka, it's the bell."

Shizuka: [Lying prone sluggishly beside Mizuki.] "Yeah, I know it's the bell… [Discerned] THE BELL?" 0_0 […as she suddenly lifted up her head up.]

[Shizuka immediately jumped up from the bed just after she realized the bell. She was hesitated seeing Mizuki not yet moving.]

Shizuka: "-Hey Mizuki! What are you still waiting for?"

Mizuki: [Stared at the window.] "Wait, Shizuka! […comes closer to the window... rest her hands on the window frame for a view…] Look over here… What is that bus doing here in front of our apartment?"

[Shizuka approached…]

Shizuka: "A bus…? [~conceiving] Hmm… so this is what sensei has been planning…" [*leer*]

Mizuki: "Doyu imi desu ka, Shizuka? (What do you mean, Shizuka?)"

Shizuka: "Can't you figure it out? We're going somewhere using that bus, silly!" [She said elatedly with her eyes wide open…]

[The two smiled excitedly… but then the bell suddenly interrupted their moment…]

C-R-R-R-I-I-I-NG!

Shizuka & Mizuki: [*Shocked*] "Hai! (Alright!) Coming!" […in chorus]

Scene 15: [In the meantime, upon hearing the alarm for the next challenge… Yuki had immediately left out of her room. She's now on her way going down the stairs… but odd enough… what is she is still waiting there, hesitating from the need to hurry?]

Yuki: [anxiously] "What's taking him so long?"

Scene 16: [Shinichi was on his way out of his room when after closing the door… He was suddenly stopped when unexpectedly, he came face to face with Miharu… whom he just had a quarrel. Miharu freezes while Shinichi at that moment remains confused on what he actually wanted to say or do… he opened his mouth in an attempt to say something, but Miharu herself shy away… Shinichi tries to follow her but he didn't further. He realized it would be better not to persist on her for awhile…]

Back to Scene 15:

Yuki: [anxiously~] "Why is he taking so much time like this? …Shinichi, where are you now…?" [Keeping an eye at the gallery of the apartment, waiting for Shinichi to appear… Suddenly, her eyes widened at what unfolded before her eyes… it's Kyousuke and he's approaching! Yuki turned more apprehensive… Kyousuke on the other hand just saw Yuki from that short distance. He noticed her strange behavior… awkwardly staying there at the side of the corridor nearby the stairs…]

Kyousuke: [wonders in his mind] "What's she doing there?"

[Kyousuke walked towards Yuki…]

Kyousuke: [to Yuki…] "What's with the waiting?"

[Yuki seems uncomfortable facing Kyousuke…]

Yuki: [thinking of an appropriate response…] "I… I just thought of…w-waiting for you here… [Shamefaced] Etou—I mean, I just wanted to wait for my partner—that's all!" [Sneering without her eyes on Kyousuke…] "Do you have a problem with that?" […felt awkward of what she just said.]

[Kyousuke's eyebrows lifted by surprise… But then, he realized… something about the situation must be troubling Yuki … Kyousuke decided to snap out the topic…]

Kyousuke: [*chuckle] "Well, that isn't a bad idea… but it seems were running out of time… [Stares at the direction on the way out of the apartment] Since we're both here already, we better get going now…"

[Yuki gazed at the same direction then took a slight glance down the stairs… She suddenly winced as she curtly took a deep breath…]

Yuki: [in her mind] "I can't…" [Pressed her eyes closed] "What should I do now?" […as she nervously glanced at Kyousuke sideways]

[Yuki is now obviously hiding something she doesn't want anybody to know… not Kyousuke either. Perhaps, there's only one person she's been needing all this time—Shinichi… But Shinichi might not be the only one… Maybe she hasn't just realized it yet… that there's also Kyousuke—a person once sincere to help her. Yuki's still too reluctant to open up her troubles with him. This girl really couldn't easily let go of her ego for some time… She's always been detained by her fears and emotions. This might be what really is 'Yuki's weakness'…]

Kyousuke: [initiated to leave] "Ikimashou ne… (Come on. Let's go…)"

[Yuki remained hesitant… Kyousuke was taken aback…]

Kyousuke: [worriedly] "Doushita no? (Something wrong?)"

Yuki: [turns her head to the side] "J-just go on… I'll just catch up."

Kyousuke: [displeased] "—forget it. Seriously… are you okay?"

Yuki: [using exasperation as a blind] "…of course I'm fine!" […shyly looks sideways]

Kyousuke: "I bet you're not… Well, I'm not leaving unless you'd go with me…"

[Yuki turned dazed on Kyousuke… her eyes widened as she looked at Kyousuke's serious eyes… Yuki crumples her skirt and said:]

Yuki: "...f-fine! It can't be helped! But I want you to go ahead of me… I'll follow behind you." […looks sideways]

[Kyousuke's eyes loosened with glee from Yuki's approval…]

Kyousuke: "Very well then… let's get going!" ^_^

[Yuki followed behind Kyousuke… Her feet trembling with fear as she stepped down the stairs. She tries not to look down from such height…so she looks at Kyousuke's shoulder instead. She wanted to hold on to him but she just can't… Kyousuke didn't notice he's going too fast and he's leaving Yuki behind… Yuki was slowed down by her legs feeling rigid and stiff. She was then compelled to look down all of a sudden… immediately she feels her head whirling in haze… She hastily grasped Kyousuke's jacket form his back before he goes out of her reach. Kyousuke was suddenly hesitated. He turned to Yuki noticing her face so upset… Kyousuke starts worrying again. Yuki couldn't hide it anymore from Kyousuke… She has a serious fear of heights! Yuki didn't anymore try to cover her expressions… She grasps harder on Kyousuke…]

Kyousuke: [worriedly] "Yuki…Don't tell me—"

Yuki: [in a low distressed voice…] "Let's get out of here already… Onegai (please)…"

[Kyousuke stares at Yuki… He saw nothing but anguish on her face…]

Kyousuke: "Kochi… (Come here…)" […offering his arm to Yuki…]

[Yuki stares at Kyousuke with eyes so distressed and seem to cry… Kyousuke's face seems hidden… His expression remains unclear… Yuki lets go of Kyousuke's jacket…her arms reluctantly started to draw around Kyousuke's…her grip tightened as it finally found reassurance. The two then started making their way down the stairs together at last…]

[Down the stairs:]

Kyousuke: "We can stay here for a while until you're okay…"

Yuki: [gently loosened her grip from Kyousuke… Shyly puts her hands together…] "Iie, daijoubu desu… (No, I'm already fine)" […looks sideways]

Kyousuke: "Sou ka…yokatta ne. (I see…glad to hear that)." […steps forward] "They're waiting for us outside."

Yuki: [Suddenly grasps Kyousuke's sleeve.] "-m-matte! (wait)"

[Kyousuke ceased then turned his head to Yuki…]

Yuki: "Huh!" […consciously drawn her hand off.] "Etou… (Um…)" [*discomfited*… faces away from Kyousuke...] "…arigatou…" (…thank you)

[Kyousuke was dazed…then he smiled from an angle…]

Kyousuke: "Don't worry about it. It's just that… I hate seeing your face like that lately…"

[Yuki suddenly felt her heart just skipped a beat …confusingly, she doesn't understand why she felt like that…] 0/…

Kyousuke: [sideways on Yuki] "One more thing." [*simpers*] "I don't want you hiding your troubles from me."

[Yuki looks flushed in surprise… She doesn't know exactly what Kyousuke just meant by those words… Her eyes widely stared at Kyousuke's smiling face…]

[They were staring at each other…when Yuki was suddenly snapped back to her conscious self. She looks down blushing then shies away…]

Yuki: "Uhh…w-we better get going now!" […goes ahead.]

Kyousuke: "Huh? Wait up, I'm coming!" […follows after Yuki.] 0.o?

[On the other hand, Shinichi was running up in a hurry… worried about Yuki still waiting for him before the stairs… upon getting there…]

Shinichi: "She's gone…"

Scene 17: [Outside the apartment:]

Yuki: [*surprised] "Nani? What's going on? [-gaze-] Eh? What's a bus doing here?"

Kyousuke: "Sensei seems to have a change of plan for today."

Yuki: "A change of plan? Now it makes sense…"

[A voice suddenly captured their attention…]

Shinichi: "Hey, Yuki!"

Yuki: [turned around] "So it's you." [*pissed off] "You've got some nerves to show off after what you've done, huh!"

Shinichi: "Anou…doko ni… gomenasai..." (Oh, that… back there? So sorry…) ^_^˘ "By the way Yuki, how did you manage to come here?" […notices Kyousuke next to Yuki.] "Well then… if I'm not mistaken, you're the one who brought her down there, aren't you? Sou ka (I see)… arigatou ne!"

Kyousuke: [Smiles] "It's nothing." ^_^

Yuki: "Hey! Quit changing the topic Shinichi!"

Kyousuke: "Yuki is sure troublesome, isn't she?" [Shinichi smiles but with a bit doubtful expression…]

Yuki: [sneer sideways] "We were the one talking here!" [Kyousuke smiles at her…]

[Shinichi grabs Yuki…]

Shinichi: [To Kyousuke…] "Sorry about that Kyousuke… Please excuse us for a while."

Kyousuke: "No problem." ^_^ [Steps aside.]

Shinichi: [To Yuki...] "Yuki, is that the right way to say thank you?"

Yuki: [*scorn] "It's no big deal even if I did…"

Shinichi: "Does that mean you actually did said thank you to Kyousuke?"

Yuki: "I said it's no big deal!"

Shinichi: [*teasing] "Well, that's just surprising of you, Yuki…"

[Yuki just turned her back with embarrassment… Shinichi notices her strange reactions…]

Shinichi: "Kyousuke is sure a nice guy, isn't he?"

Yuki: [*furtively glanced at Kyousuke…shyly turns to her side…] "Who knows?" [*blushes*]

[Shinichi was surprised by the sudden shift in Yuki's facial expression… He felt kind of curious about it…]

BEEP! BEEP! [The bus horned. Wakouji sensei showed off and started calling the students…]

Shinichi: [shocked] "What's a bus doing here?"

Yuki: [disdainfully] "You don't deserve to know! That's what you get from making me wait…"

Shinichi: "I told you I'm sorry…" =_=

…. ~ending song starts to play~ …