SING IT TO ME BABY!

Art class was never a favorite for Chika. And the fact that she was feeling a bit off since that morning didn't help at all. She stared at her blank canvas as they waited for the teacher. There was something wrong, something missing and she didn't know what it was. Before she left the house, she checked everything, the lights, the faucets, the stove, the plugs, everything. She even triple checked if she locked the house and she did. As she walked to school, the feeling of something missing was growing stronger. When she saw Niou grin at her like he knew something, she couldn't help but feel it has something to do with him. When he asked her if she really didn't want to go to the field trip, the feeling went to the roof and still she couldn't figure out what was off.

She was so lost in her thought that she didn't even notice the teacher coming in and announcing that they'd be drawing portraits today. Niou had to use his elbow to catch her attention and that's when she was brought back to earth.

"What's up with you today? You're spacing out" Niou asked her

"Nothing… it's nothing"

"Minami-kun, Niou-kun, please listen" the teacher said making the two look front again "As I was saying, today you'll be put in pairs and you'll draw a profile of your partner. Isn't that exciting?"

"Yeah…" the class mumbled unenthusiastically

"So you'll have to take a paper from this box and you'll see who you're partner is" the teacher said as she passed a very colorful box.

Niou glanced at Chika who still looked like her head was in space as he took a small piece of paper from the box. He opened it and saw a very child-like drawing of an elephant, or at least he thinks it's an elephant.

When the teacher walked towards Chika, she shook the box comically and offered it to the girl. Chika sighed and took a piece of paper as well. She opened it and raised an eyebrow when she saw what was on it.

"Okay, now go pair up" the teacher announced when they were all done

"I got an elephant… or something that looks like an elephant" Niou announced

"I got a penguin!" Marui called

"I got a penguin too!" squealed a girl who Niou recalled as his fan girl who now seemed to be converted to a Marui fan girl.

Everyone started exclaiming what animal they got and Niou still hasn't heard 'elephant'. He was wondering why Chika hasn't said a word yet though.

"What'd you get?" he asked

"A blob" Chika said, trying to decipher what was on her paper

Niou grabbed it without and looked at it only to recognize the drawing.

"We're partners, lucky" Niou grinned

"That's an elephant?" Chika asked, surprised

"Well, it has a trunk and it's huge so what else could it be"

"An anteater?" Chika suggested

"Yeah, well this is one fat anteater" Niou rolled his eyes

Once they were all paired, they went to get their supplies and sat back facing their partners. Chika sighed again as she looked at Niou who was staring at her. She got surprised and looked away, sighing thinking she was starting to get really jumpy.

"You have weird eyes" Niou suddenly said

"Excuse me?"

"You have weird eyes. You're the only girl I've seen who has yellow eyes"

Chika raised an eyebrow "They're not yellow, it's a very light shade of brown."

"Still weird"

"And this is coming from a boy who has blue-green eyes?"

Niou opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again

"Touché"

Chika chuckled, turning back to her canvas. It was a long moment of silence as they just worked on their portraits. Chika was having the worst time in her life as she was never the artist. So far, she knew she has already put in Niou's face, hair, and body but as far as she can tell, it all looked like blobs… square blobs if that was possible.

"Hey"

Chika almost jumped when Niou called her attention

"What?"

"What did you want to be?"

Chika raised an eyebrow, not getting what he's saying "Huh?"

"Remember when we talked about how your dad likes art and you like music, you said you wanted to be a… something, what was it?"

Chika sighed "I said I haven't…"

"I know what you said but we both know you're lying" Niou said as he glanced at her face and started drawing her eyes. "And uh, can you not twitch you're eyebrow too much, it's hard to draw moving people"

Chika glared at him

"There! Just like that, keep that glare"

"I don't think that would be a problem" Chika said, still glaring at Niou

"So?" Niou asked after a few seconds

"Why is it so important?" Chika frowned, glancing at Niou. Her eyebrow twitched again. She had to draw his lips now and she was avoiding that from the very beginning. The sight of his lips reminds her of something and it makes her want to throw things.

"If you're putting enough effort to keep it from people, then it must be important" Niou answered, swiftly averting his gaze to another part of Chika's face when he saw her looking at his lips.

"I'm embarrassed okay? There, you happy now?" Chika admitted

"Embarrassed of your dream? Why?" Niou chuckled

"Because it's something not attainable especially by me" Chika mumbled. Her eyes lost the animosity and were replaced by something. It wasn't exactly sadness, more like regret…

No, it's not regret… more like disappointment?

"You'll never know until you try" Niou said smirking when he realized that was something he heard from a Seigaku regular.

"That's the kind of crap only said on TV. Trying something will cost you energy and in my case, money as well. I can't afford losing any of that so might as well not try"

"So what? You'll just go to college and get a boring job at the office, forever regretting what you did and thinking what could have been?"

"What could have been if I what? It's not even a stable job, it's a gamble"

Niou smirked putting two and two together. "You want to be a singer"

Chika looked up at him with an expression of a child caught red handed.

"You can sing? I've never heard you sing" Niou inquired

"Whether I sing or not doesn't matter" Chika mumbled

"You see that's your problem, you over think things. You think too much of your future and what's practical. You plan everything like life is predictable. If you want to sing then just do it. You don't lack money or energy, there's Yagyuu to help you"

"Are you saying I should depend on the Yagyuu family?" Chika glared at him again

"Not depend, just let them help. It's frustrating and stressful to want to help someone who refuses all the time. You're not going to be a burden; in fact, you'll relieve their stress since they worry about you"

Chika couldn't help but smile at this "How old are you Masaharu?"

Niou snorted "You don't have to be old to know this. You just have to experience it"

"Huh?"

"I worry about you a lot, you know" Niou mumbled, looking back into his canvas "I think you're really cool for standing on your own, that you're independent but too much of something is not good"

"it's not independence" Chika answered him "it's the fear of depending too much on people that I become a burden, and the fear of being let go when you started depending on them"

"And we go back to your trust issue" Niou smirked "Really, we go into circles and land to that issue over and over again."

Chika just sighed. She knew she has trust issues and she's working on it but it takes time. It's not like she can just erase memories of her father stupidly trusting people. Her personality is based her childhood and betrayal and lies were what build most of it.

"Why don't you start by singing?"

"How will that help?" Chika sighed

"I told you, stop thinking, just do it"

"Right now?" Chika asked, looking around

Niou nodded

"Are you crazy? Everyone'll look, and you don't even know if my voice is good"

"If you wanna be a singer you better get used to people listening when you sing. You can do it, come on, sing"

"No"

"Do it"

"No"

"Do it~"

"I said no"

"Just do it"

Chika rolled her eyes and said in a final tone "NO"

"Afraid to look stupid?"

Chika didn't even look at him. She concentrated on her portrait drawing. It was kinda hard drawing since her reference was the one she was avoiding to look.

"You're gonna look at me eventually, come on Chika-sama"

After a few minutes of bugging and her still not budging, Niou sighed. Chika thought he gave up and so she looked up at him which was a big mistake since he was grinning slyly at her

"Shalalala suteki ni KISS shalalala sugao ni KISS shalalala suteki ni KISS shalalala sugao ni KISS"

Everyone looked at Niou when he started singing. It was startling enough that he was singing, even more amusing was his hand actions and he was dancing sitting down too.

"Ashita wa tokubetsu SPECIAL DAY ichinen ichido no CHANCE OH DARLING"

"Duwa duwa" Marui sang in the background

"OH DARLING I LOVE YOU!" Niou said, gesturing to Chika.

Chika looked around; her face went red when she realized everyone was looking at her

"Come on! Sing with me" Niou said to her

She shook her head

"Duwa duwa" Marui sang, chuckling

"Dare mo ga ukarete CARNIVAL kareshi no HEART wo itomete OH BABY"

"Duwa duwa"

"I won't stop until you sing with me ~OH BABY LOVE ME DO! amai amai koi no CHOCOLATE anata ni agete mite mo metachi wa shinai kara watashi chotto saigo no shudan de kimechau…. Chika!"

Niou stopped and pointed at her. Everyone was looking at her expectantly

I am gonna kill this guy!

"V-VALENTINE DAY KISS" Chika sang, her face red with embarrassment

Niou smirked as he sang with her "VALENTINE DAY KISS VALENTINE DAY KISS RIBBON wo kakete shalalala suteki ni KISS shalala suteki ni"

Niou grinned as if he won "Next verse!... WINE no iroshita SUNSET PARK"

He paused again when Chika didn't sing along with him. The girl sighed knowing she had to finish the song with him.

"Suteki na ROMANCE shitai OH DARLING"

"Duwa duwa" by now, the whole class was singing this

"OH DARLING I LOVE YOU!"

"Duwa duwa"

"Anata wo yobidasu TELEPHONE CALL kimochi wo wakatte hoshii OH BABY"

"Duwa duwa"

"OH BABY LOVE ME DO! totte oki no shareta CHOCOLATE sore wa watashi no kuchibiru anata no ude no naka wazatorashiku hitomi wo tsumutte agechau VALENTINE DAY KISS VALENTINE DAY KISS VALENTINE DAY KISS otona no aji ne shalalala suteki ni KISS shalala ano hi kara yo koi no CHOCOLATE gingami sotto hiraite kimochi wo tashikamete dare mo minna suteki na ROMANCE shichau no VALENTINE DAY KISS? VALENTINE DAY KISS VALENTINE DAY KISS koi no kinenbi? shalalala suteki ni KISS shalalala sugao ni KISS shalalala suteki ni KISS shalalala sugao ni KISS!"

The song ended with the whole class, including Chika and the teacher, laughing.

"Wasn't that fun, Miss Hatsune Miku?"

"Oh shut up"

Author's rant:

someone asked why there's a poison dart frog in the pet store. well some pet stores actually sell them. i know right, "but it's poisonous!". actually, when they're already in captivity they somehow loose the poison stuff because of the different diet. something about amino acids in their diet and stuff. and according to my sources, poison dart frogs are really expensive... like 1000 dollars or something (how much is that in peso? holy frog! it's 43,654.99 pesos) and that depends on what breed. i'm not sure how much a dendrobates azureus is though (the frog in the pet store mentioned).

anyways... the song, ugh, this song is stuck in my head (the whole song including the background stuff like niou's 'puri', yagyuu's 'adieu' and sanada's 'valentine day khieeeeeee!') but i figured, it's almost valentines, why not sing a song about valentines. and hatsune miku... i always imagined chika with hatsune miku's voice. you know, like high pitched. if you don't know who hatsune miku is then search it. she's a vocaliod. i know, not the best singer. i could have made her have utada hikaru's voice but it didn't really appeal much to me. i didn't want chika to seem that special. plus i wanted to imagine hatsune miku singing valentine day kiss. that would be fun.

and that's it. again, thanks for reading, reviewing, alerts, favorites and even for giving me some ideas. i appreciate it 3