SUMMARY: Tsubaki said he wasn't going to be alone... she intends to keep that promise... POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Beginning - Author's Note: I, unfortunately, haven't finished this manga yet- but I have watched the anime a while ago and loved it - why would I make a fanfiction for something I don't like...?

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

I remember Kosei was considered going to a music school for high school or something and I forget if he actually went, but I remember that Tsubaki said she'd go with him so I tried to write that out here.

-TheMGMouse

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Tsubaki groaned, her head was killing her. She'd been studying for days on end now - or so it seemed. She didn't know what day it was even. She'd even taken time off the softball team for this! It was really, embarrassing to have to do such a thing. But a promise was a promise, and she had made a promise to Kosei, she was going to accompany Kosei to his new school no matter what. But right now, it seemed so far away... She rolled over on her bed and closed her eyes. Next door she could hear Kosei playing, it was so late - or it felt so late. Tsubaki had started studying right after she got home from school that evening and now it was almost ten at night!

"Just a few seconds of shut-eye..." Tsubaki mumbled as she listened to Kosei continue to play, "Then I'll go right back to studying... just a few sec-"

BANG!

"Tsubaki!" Her mother called from underneath her.

"Wah!? I'm fine!" Tsubaki jumped, and looked around wildly and then realized that she'd thrown her books on the ground... and listening a little more found that the piano next door had stopped. The window then slides open and she could hear his voice.

"Are you okay, Tsubaki?" Kosei asked, leaning out his window, the piano room was lit and the light spread to her window blocked by Kosei's silhouette.

Tsubaki leaped up at that and walked over to her window and opened it, "Yeah, thanks for coming to check on me - sorry, I just knocked one of my books on the floor - heh." She laughed and showed the algebra book she'd been reading to Kosei.

"Ah, I see," Kosei laughed a bit, "You've sure been studying a lot, Tsubaki."

"Yeah, we're headed to high school end of this year, so I gotta." Tsubaki sighed, "Man, Kosei, can you believe it? Just a few months to go."

"Yeah..." Kosei nodded, "It seemed so far away only last month..."

April

"Ahem! So what are you working on?" Tsubaki asked, trying to avoid a conversation where they both ended up crying tears that weren't of joy.

"Um, it's this piece by Chopin - Étude Op. 10, No. 3." Kosei answered.

"It's nice." Tsubaki smiled, "Is it hard?"

"Not too hard, just need to practice it a bit more. Do you mind?" Kosei asked meaning if he could go back to his playing.

"Yeah! Go ahead," Tsubaki encouraged waving her hand, "It's pretty."

"It is." Kosei said going back to his piano and began playing.

Tsubaki leaned on her window and listened to the piano music, deciding that even though it was hard - all of her studying would definitely pay off.