Chapter 4: "What da hell!"

Misao stared angrily at her Maths textbook, unable to concentrate on the numbers and words on the page that the class were given to do. "Mou, how long is that stupid long hand going to hit 12??" she grumbled to herself silently, impatient and anxious to know who is the mysterious Aoi-chan. It was only five more minutes to lunch and it seemed like five millennium to her.

"Damn it! Hurry up, you dumb clock! In the first place, is it the correct timing?" exclaimed Misao as she stood up, raising her fist at the clock. She lowered down her fist when she realized that her classmates including the teacher were staring at her.

"Ahem, Makimachi! What do you think you are doing? Could you be more patient like everyone else and wait for the bell? Or do you want to accompany me for lunch?" asked the Sensei as he stared at her, with an eyebrow rising. Misao shook her head and immediately set down.

"Weasel, can't believe that you are actually 'eagerly' waiting for lunch." Spoke up Sano as he took off his glasses and put on his head, slowly stretching from his stiff position from finishing his Maths assignment for the past 3 hours.

"You finished with your Maths?" asked Misao, as she played with her calculator, punching in some numbers then flipping the calculator upside-down.

"Yeah, all of them. Come on, Maths and sciences are my specialty!" Sano may seem like a punk and a lot of people like to pick fights with him but he is one brainy rooster. But when it comes to History and moral education he is a total goner.

"Okay, good! Explain them to me after school at my house!"

"No problem. 5…4…3…2….1…0!"

Ring ~~* went the bell.

"Bye Sano! Gotta go!" With that Misao grabbed her lap-top and rushed out of the class. With Sano slowly getting up, bending over to Misao desk then slowly shaking at the blank Maths assignment.

"Man, what the hell have she been doing for the past three hours? And what got her in a rush?" Shrugging his shoulder, he walked out of the classroom to where he was sure that he would definitely find Misao.

-At the Sakura's garden

Misao run toward the tree where she was supposed to meet the mysterious 'Aoi-chan'.

"I hoped that he is not there yet." As she approach the tree, she let out a smile when she saw no one in sight. Immediately, grabbling tightly to her laptop she jumped to the brunch of the tree, and farther up until she was sure that she was out of sight.

The time slowly ticked by and 'Aoi-chan' was still not in sight. And all kind of thoughts was standing to form in Misao's by now over active mind.

"What if this was a joke to get back at me? Or Aoi-chan turned out to be some nerds who stalks on the net or what if…" The list went on and on with "what if?"

Suddenly the list stopped at " What if Aoi-chan was a virus?" when laughing and talking were heard coming her way.

"Haha! I can't believe you actually was brave enough to meet her here!"

"…"

"The voice sound rather familiar, I think I heard it somewhere." Thought Misao but she kept still, not even breathing not wanting to let 'them' know that her presence.

"So does she knows that you are aoi-chan?" that familiar voice spoke again.

"No."

Aoi-chan? Misao's eyes widened at the pen name.

"Sano, I am not really too sure about this…"

Sano? Why is he here? And how is he related to 'aoi-chan'? I think I going to punch him! thought Misao angrily.

"Come on, 'aoi-chan'! You have been practically waiting for this day! I meant that you almost missed your chance the other day! Hey brother, have some courage! This is your day, you been liking her ever since the day both of you guys met each other and both were too shy to say anything until the other day. I guess this is your chance."

Both Sano and the person came to view, however Misao could not get a proper view and Sano's back was blocking the person's face.  Suddenly, Misao footing slipped off the branch (she was standing up all this time) and fell toward earth.

"Great, this is going to hurt and my lap-top is going back to Kenshin again." She thought.

Fortunately she landed on something soft and her laptop due to the impact too, landed somewhere, safe into the hands of Sano.

"Hey Weasel, we were just talking about you."   Smiled Sano as if nothing was wrong. There was soft moan from beneath her and look down to see that she had landed on the back of a person. Sano stretched out his hand to pull her up and at the same time releasing the person beneath from the 'load'.

The load too, stood up and dusts his pants, turning around to face Misao and Sano.

"What de hell?" Misao stared at the person she least expected to see.

"Hi!" Aoshi waved innocently at her.

"You meant you are the 'aoi-chan'?" asked Misao, who definitely can't believe that this was happening. "This can't be happening, this can't be happening…"

"Yeah, I am aoi-chan. You see Aoi-chan was a nick given by Sano and the rest of the guys when we were young. And I managed to get your email from Sano here." Pointing the finger at Sano who was slowly retreating backward.

"No! No! It wasn't me~! Err…I help to put your laptop back! Ja ne!" Sano dashed off with the laptop leaving two people cursing after him and one ready to whip the kunai.

"Err…Misao, can you put that away?" asked Aoshi, hoping that she would not throw it at him when she heard what is going to happen next. He sighed in relief when he saw Misao putting the kunai to where it belongs.

"So what do you have to say? 'Aoi-chan?'" sneered Misao, folding her arms in front of her. Aoshi cleared his throat and stood closer in front of her, until he could almost feel her breath.

"Misao, I apologized for what happened the other day."

"It was only yesterday by the way."

"Okay fine, yesterday. I didn't mean to hurt you by saying no. It is just that it happened so suddenly, it is not that often I have someone coming up to me saying that she or he like me."

"Often? You have them everyday and what do you mean by he?"

            "Blame Kamatari for breaking that record. Anyway I didn't had anyone this whole month except you."

            Misao blushed deeply and was a bit shocked when she heard that the School's top artist was a gay. Misao wanted to make a remark but changed her mind when she saw Aoshi's mouth was starting to move.

            "Misao, I had to confess this too. I have been in love with you since the day I met you at the dojo. Yesterday I really wanted to say yes but somehow I said no and the rest of the day I thought of ways to get you back. So this is it. It is really okay if you don't want to accept me." As he said this, Misao noticed that Aoshi's sea-green was slowly starting to blur immediately it was covered up by his long bangs. She was confused now, unable to think, she step closer and hug him. Aoshi was taken by her action and in return put his arm around her.

            "Makimachi Misao, please be my girlfriend?"

            "I don't know what to say…."

            "Please?" 

TBC

Isn't it a 'yes' or 'no'….I don't know either …please give ur reviews or comment!