Warnings: Angsty Marui -sobs-

Disclaimer: Nope. Don't own 'em.

"Arrgh! I just said it!" Kirihara shouted as he went out of the school. Luckily, Yanagi arrived and helped him escape from the evil clutches of the dreaded trickster. He had ran away as soon as they started looking for Niou to avoid anymore questions about him liking Ann. He sighed, now he had to find a place to go. He didn't like to go home so early because nobody would be there and he wasn't in the mood to play in the arcades too. "It's all that stupid Tachibana's fault!"

He wandered around while grumbling about his hatred for that certain girl named Ann Tachibana though he inserted things like; it irritates me when she's being cute! And I don't blush whenever I see her smiling! The passersby threw him odd looks because of his strange ramblings. He passed by an accessory shop and something caught his attention. There was a heart-shaped clip displayed. He stopped and stared at it for a few minutes, then decided to enter the shop. He approached the saleslady, who welcomed him.

"Good afternoon Sir!" She beamed as she greeted the boy. "How may I help you?"

Kirihara looked away from the saleslady and scratched his head. "How much is that clip displayed?" He asked and pointed the clip that he was talking about. The saleslady smiled.

"For your girlfriend, perhaps?" She asked innocently. Kirihara's face turned red when he heard what she said.

"What? No way!" He snapped. The girl giggled at the blushing boy. "I do not like her! I don't like her hair, her smile, her big forehead, and her dainty nose!"

A few moments later, Kirihara found himself on the counter, paying for that certain clip. "Che…The things I do for that girl." The cashier heard him mumble. The saleslady eyed him, amused that she had somehow convinced him to buy the clip. Kirihara glared at her as he stepped out of the shop. He even heard her say something about how his girl would love it. He scowled and went out of the store and went home.

He lay down on his bed and stared at the ceiling, thinking about that stupid girl that always bugged him and how he had accidentally told everybody how he felt about her. It irritated him that he actually bought something for her. He didn't really know why he did it but when he saw her wearing the ribbon his sempai gave her (as he heard from the mumbling guy from Fudoumine.), it annoyed him. He then remembered the clip. He stood up and got it from his table. He opened the small bag and peeked in it. He grimaced at the small accessory.

'She better like this or else I'm gonna kill her…'

That Night at Yukimura's house…

Yukimura knocked on Ann's door, he was a bit worried, Ann hadn't eaten and she looked so sad. She only went inside her room after they've gone home. There was something bothering her, he presumed. He knocked again but Ann did not give him any answer so he decided to open it.

"Ann?" Yukimura called out as he slowly opened the door. There, he saw Ann sitting on the bed, hugging her knees tightly. It surprised him to see Ann like that and what saddened him was that Ann was crying. He hurriedly approached her.

"Ann? Why are you crying?" He asked worriedly. Ann was sobbing. "Is there a problem?"

"Onii-san…I miss my onii-san…" He heard her mutter between her sobs. Yukimura gave a surprised look and immediately hugged her.

"Are you sad because Tachibana-san wasn't able to visit you?" He asked. Ann merely nodded. Yukimura sighed.

"Onii-san…always—" She stopped when Yukimura hushed and smiled at her. Ann stared at him for a moment and slowly stopped from crying. Yukimura's gentle smile always calmed her.

"There, there…" He whispered and gently patted her head. "I can be your onii-san while you're here."

"Thank you…Onii-san." She muttered and closed her eyes.

"Take some rest…" He said as Ann slowly fell asleep.

Yukimura stayed with Ann until she fell asleep. He understood that Ann missed her brother and he knew that she wanted to see him. After all, she had never been away from him and this was probably the first time that she went away from home. Yukimura also treated Ann as if she was his little sister since she started living in his house. He always took care of her, prepare her breakfast, and answer some of her questions, if she had any. Now it worried him that he wasn't doing a pretty good job as an 'onii-san' because Ann cried. He left her as soon as he was sure that she was fast asleep.

The next morning, Yukimura again visited Ann's room and found her still sleeping. He sat down beside her and gently shook her. "Ann? It's morning, get up."

No response from Ann came. Yukimura tried to wake her up again but it was no use. He then touched her forehead and was surprised to feel that it was hot. Does she have a fever? Well, it looked like it. Yukimura stood up to get some medicine and some cold water. He stopped as he heard Ann call him.

"Yuki…mura-san…" She managed to say as she tried to sit up. Yukimura turned to look at her and smiled.

"Just stay there, I'll get some medicine. You're sick." He said and went out.

Yukimura came back holding some medicine and a glass of water. He approached Ann to give it to her. "Here. Drink this. You'll feel a lot better."

"Thank you, Yukimura-san." She muttered and took the medicine.

"You know, you could always call me onii-san." He told her. Ann managed to smile at him.

"Okay then, onii-san." She happily said. Then she realized that she had school today. "I gotta get up! We're gonna be late." She said as she sat up.

"No you should stay here and take some rest." Yukimura said. "So that you'll get cured fast."

"But—"

"Don't worry, I'll tell Akaya-kun and Marui-kun that you're sick." He smiled knowingly at her. Ann sighed and lay down.

"Stay here okay? I'll be going to school in a few minutes. There's breakfast downstairs." He said and got the glass that Ann used and went out of the room again. Ann nodded.

Kirihara woke up really early just to go to school and meet Ann. He hastily fixed his things and went out of their house, not even bothering to eat breakfast. He arrived at the school and immediately went to their classroom.

"E-eh?" He muttered as he scanned the room but didn't saw her. "I guess I was too early…I'll wait for her here." He said and sat down on his chair.

Two hours had passed and Ann wasn't still around. They have already even started discussing the event for today! Kirihara fumed on his seat as he waited for Ann to arrive. His classmates even saw some smoke on his head. A few minutes of patiently waiting passed and Kirihara couldn't take it anymore. He stood up looking really angry.

"That moron! She really wants me to look for her, doesn't she!" He shouted which made the class stare at him. He didn't seem to notice though, as he was busy thinking on how to torture a girl named Ann Tachibana. "And to think that I was so excited to give her the damn clip!" With that, he went out of the room, leaving some dumbfounded classmates and an irritated teacher.

He then went to Yukimura's classroom. He courteously knocked on the door, (though it looked like he was going to bang the door open but let's be nice.) and the teacher opened it. He asked for Yukimura to be excused. Yukimura stood up from his seat and approached his ace.

"Yukimura-san, do you know where Ann is?" Kirihara asked.

"Off course Yukimura knows where she is." Sanada suddenly appeared and snap at him. Kirihara gave him a shocked look.

"Fukubuchou?!" Kirihara shouted. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm visiting Yukimura." He answered quickly.

"Anyway, Yukimura-san, have you seen that girl? It irritates me that she didn't show up in class again." Kirihara said, ignoring Sanada all the way.

"I'm sorry but Ann has a fever. That's why she is absent today, Akaya." Yukimura informed him. Kirihara stood there silently. She was absent…and she's sick. So that's why she isn't around. Kirihara had a surprised look on his face.

"Akaya?"

"I'm sorry, I have to go…" He said and ran away. Yukimura smiled at him.

"He really likes Ann, doesn't he?" He said and Sanada nodded. "Wait for me Genichirou, I'll just tell sensei that I'm not feeling well." Yukimura suddenly told Sanada and went inside of the room. Sanada blushed and nodded.

"How was I supposed to know that she's sick?!" Kirihara told himself as he ran. "Grrr! Why haven't I thought of that?!"

He immediately went back to his classroom and got his things as soon as Yukimura told him that Ann was sick. He left the school and headed for Yukimura's house.

He arrived in front of the house and stopped for a moment. 'What am I so worried about?' He thought. He ignored that thought and went inside of the house. He ran upstairs and knocked on Ann's door. Never mind knocking, he quickly slammed the door open and saw Ann on the bed. She then turned to look at the person who entered and was surprised to see Kirihara holding the doorknob, panting heavily.

"Kirihara-kun?" She muttered. "What are you doing here?"

Kirihara rolled his eyes. "Geez, you really like to see me worried, do you?" He snapped at her.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ann asked him. Kirihara ignored her question.

"You are so weak to get sick at a time like this. It's not even that cold and you have a fever." HE said and proceeded to sit down beside her on the bed. "And you just have to be absent when I need you. It's English day today, you know?"

"Really?" A puzzled Ann asked. Kirihara rolled his eyes yet again.

"Woman, don't you ever read the bulletin boards at school?" Kirihara told her. She pouted. "I need my tutor right now."

"You're insane." Ann snapped at him. Kirihara smirked.

Niou had just informed Marui that Ann was sick. How Niou knew? That was the biggest question in the entire history of history. But that question didn't even cross Marui's mind because he was too worried about Ann. He also thought that this would be a good time to give Ann the clip since Niou and Jackal weren't gonna be around. He decided to leave class and go visit her. Not knowing that Kirihara had already went ahead of him.

"Yeah, I'm really insane that I had to fetch my tutor, who is sick." Kirihara snapped back. Ann glared at him.

"You ARE insane." She told him. Then Kirihara grabbed the near pillow and hit her successfully for the first time.

"Hey! I'm sick you—" She was stopped when Kirihara got a hold of her chin and kissed her on the lips. It was a chaste kiss, and Ann was flabbergasted by it. She blushed as Kirihara let go of her.

"What was that about?" Ann asked. Kirihara smirked again.

"Didn't you tell me that when the time comes that I can hit you, you'll let me kill you, right?" He told her.

"But you just kissed m—"

"Well, I did kill your brain, right?" Kirihara suddenly flashed her a peace sign. "I'm sure I did."

He saw Ann just staring at him and doing nothing. He laughed at her, which made her snap out of it. "See? Told you I killed your brain…even though it was only for a few seconds." He said and gave her a cheeky grin.

"Idiot…" Ann blushed. Then her hair went to her face. Kirihara noticed this and smiled. He got the clip from his pocket. Ann gave him a surprised look and he put it on her hair.

"Ahh…This clip. Why is this with you?" Ann asked him as she touched the clip that was now on her hair. "But I thought that it was with Marui-sempai?"

Kirihara raised a brow. "What the hell are you talking about? I bought that so you wouldn't have to use that ribbon again."

"But, this is…My lost clip." She mouthed. Kirihara looked at her strangely.

"Lost clip?" Kirihara asked. Ann nodded and explained to him what had happened that time. "Ohh...But I bought that! It's for you!"

"I know. It's pretty obvious that it's for me." She sweatdropped and looked at him oddly.

"You better like it…or else." Kirihara pouted and looked away. "Or else I'll pout."

Ann giggled. "Was that a threat? You really are an idiot." She smiled at him and thanked him again. "And besides, you're already pouting."

"I am NOT!" Kirihara pouted even more, which made Ann laugh and stood up. Kirihara raised brows on her.

"What are you doing?" He asked. Ann smiled.

"I've got to tutor an idiot like you right? I'm going to get ready for school." Ann told him. "You can't survive this day without me, can you?"

Kirihara laughed at the girl. "Nope! Not at all!" He said and Ann laughed as well.

Marui gently closed the half-opened door and leaned against it. He saw their little fight and the kiss. Something on his chest ached. Was it because he saw that? Was he jealous of them? Does that mean that Ann's action towards him was just really thanks? He reached something in his pocket and got Ann's clip. He held it gently and looked at it. It was quite different from before. He added something to make it prettier. It now had a red ribbon in it, making it more graceful to look at and prettier. He worked on it last night instead of having dinner and eating sweets, just to make her happier. He clenched the small accessory in his hands.

'Ann…'

A/N: So, how was it? I hope that makes up for the Marui/An moments last chapter. Don't forgot to leave a review okay? Mou, but why do I feel sad for Marui-kun in this chappy? Oh well! I have some good news: I'm slowly getting over this writer's block thing! And also, my good friend sempai-sama drew me a "Doujin" cover for Of Clips and Ribbons. If you have time to be amazed at a smirking Kirihara, adorable Marui, evil Niou, Jackal and Cute Ann, then please do visit my profile and click on the Of Clips and Ribbons link for the awesome picture. That's all for now! Thanks, for reading! -gives hug-