Hallo everybody!

Hi! I know that my chaps are so short... I'm really sorry.

Anyway, special thanks to the people who reviewed my fic! I luv y'all!!

And now, I promise I'll make it up to you by at least answering some of your reviews. Probably, I'll start with the very first that I've recovered in my email and hopefully, saved in one folder

miaka-chen: thank you very much. hope you're still out there reading this!

miko_girl: Okay, I'm writing! Thanks for encouraging me!

HoshiHikari4ever: er, thanks.

W.Kathy: I love H/M pairings too. I always like alternate pairings... anyway, I'm sorry for the short chapters. And by the way, I love your fics a lot!! Please write more!!!

HoshiHikari4ever: thanks to you, my mind became clear! I'll keep this as H/M, and make another C/M instead after this one and the other one is finished. Thanks for always being there!

VALY: You know, I like your stuff as well. Sorry for not reviewing. My server sucks, and sometimes, it won't send. and sometimes I get cut off after I have send it

And sorry for not updating sooner. sometimes ffn won't open no matter what I do.

And that's about it. I wish the other reviews stayed in my email or at least got shown in the review list *pouts and cries*

the rest were found in the reviews, but some didn't get to shown...

Hey, have I told you guys that Miaka has no feelings for Sei? I can't remember... Anyway, right now she doesn't, but I'm not sure if she'll grow fond of the guy...

And probably you'll notice that I have a lot of comments in the middle of the story. I know that. if you read the very first fic I've made, there's only a few comments. Probably none. Anyway, I'll try not to put a lot of comments in here. Probably just a few comments about stuff that would need my explanations

And now to the fic!

//~//~//~// Chapter 10 //~//~//~//

* * * Back at Miaka's house* * *

"TAG!!!" came the small voice of Miaka

"Hey! that's not fair!" replied a man's voice.

Sei and Miaka were playing tag (*shudders* Why did I imagine twenty year olds to play tag?) at Miaka's newly renovated room.

Touya actually made Miaka to entertain Sei. He said that the two should "bond together" so that in no time, they would be really good friends.

"let's play something else" suggested Miaka, "how about--"

just then, Miaka's father came, "Lights out, kids. time for bed." he said to them with tenderness and fondness of the two.

"Otou-san, can't we stay up late?" asked Miaka with pleading puppy dog eyes, "I'm sure classes would really be suspended."

"Yeah, oji-san, can't we?" Sei pleaded along, "besides, we're adults already!"

"Nope" replied Touya, "Even if you two are adults, I won't let you two to stay up late. It might turn into a habit! well, good-night, Miaka, Sei." and with that, he switched the lights off and closed the door.

Miaka reached up to her bedside, and to the lamp and opened the thing. Once the light appeared, Miaka turned to her sempai, "Ne, Sempai, are you sleepy?"

Her sempai sat at Miaka's bed, reached up to Miaka's cheeks, which of course made her blush, and said, still with his charming voice that often make girls swoon, "Actually, I'm still full of energy. In fact, I feel like I'll be able to stay up all night "

Meanwhile, Miaka took those words literally and suggested, "why don't we stay up all night, sempai?"

"Do you think we'll able to get away with that?" asked Sei sweetly, "I think your Otou-san would check on us very hour or so.."

"How did you knew that?" asked Miaka curiously.

"Well, I just figured that out," Sei confessed, "you know, he might not trust us..."

"Ne, Sempai, it sort of bothers me" said Miaka, lying down her bed, "how come Otou-san made you sleep over at my room? I mean, there are probably a hundred rooms here and most of which are locked!"

"Oh, you know you can't understand parents, unless you are one" said Sei, "well, let's get some shut eye. You know, the storm might be over by tomorrow morning"

"You're right," said Miaka, smiling, "let's go to bed." She pulled her quilt and lied down in the middle of the canopy bed, while Sei watched her, "would you be alright there, sempai?" she asked. Sei was to sleep at some air bed right beside Miaka's canopy bed.

"I'll be alright," said Sei, still with 'the voice', "I can sleep in almost anywhere, and in any position. Well, good-night"

"night-night, Sempai" she returned, closing the lamp

* * * meanwhile, at the Tsukushi residence * * *

"Under a lover's sky, I'm gonna be with you, And no one's gonna be around..." sang Odou. He's been like this since the afternoon, singing and humming songs, under his ceiling.

"Ack!" he suddenly cried out, "Where the &^$& is Onii-chan?!"

Odou got up from his bed then went out of his room, into the library where his father is. "Dad, has onii-chan came back yet?"

Ken looked up from his desk to his youngest son, "Sei won't be home, Odou, "he said gently.

"What?! Where? Why?!" said Odou, getting rather annoyed. Ken smiled once again and thought, my son more of a father than I am... "Well, he's out because of the storm, child,"

Odou eyed Ken. It felt suspicious. How come Dad isn't panicking right now? he asked himself, "Where is he?"

"At my friend's house" replied Ken.

"Which friend?"

"You know your Touya Oji-san?"

"What? Who?"

"He owns that company. The sister company of my company,"

"Which among them?"

"Akaseikun inc, ATI (A travel agency. This is made up.) AIS (International School) AKD (Kendo dojo) and the likes..."

"AKASEIKUN?!?" asked Odou in a very loud voice, "Does Akaseikun-san have a daughter?"

"Uh, yes."

"And her name is Miaka?" asked Odou, feeling his blood boil up.

"Yup. How'd you know about her, Odou?"

"WHY THE ^%# DID YOU LET MY $#&^@!*% BROTHER GO THERE, DAD?!?!?!?!?!" came Odou angrily, "NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'LL GET MIAKA-SAN PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"No he won't," Ken argued, "I'm sure your brother's a good boy,"

"What if he's not?!"

"My friend is over there, so don't worry son" said Ken, smiling at Odou, "Besides, Sei is really a good boy."

He's a man, dad, we're no longer teenagers he thought, stomping away.

* * * Next Morning * * *

Odou got up from his bed early in the morning. He walked down on his bathroom and said to himself "Why did I even bother going to bed? I didn't even got a few minutes of shut eye!"

He opened the tap on the sink and began to wash his face. Upon looking up to check his face on the mirror, he suddenly remembered his brother.

"That guy shouldn't be messing around with Miaka!!!" he threatened to no one in particular.

* * * Meanwhile * * *

Sei looked up at the pink ceiling. as he stared, he began to think: Odou would b really angry if I told him that I spend the night ON his friends room. Perhaps, he might even kill me for doing it. He turned on his stomach, and yet again, wondered, Shall I tell him, or shall I let it be a secret? He got up from the bed and went towards the window to check if the rain has stopped.

The rain did stopped. In fact, the sky was already blue!

"Hoe!!!!!! (CCS.. NOT MINE) we're going to be late!!!" he cried.

He ran to Miaka's bed and tried to wake up the girl. "Miaka-chan! Wake up! The storm's over! we got to get to school !!!"

Miaka woke up from her slumber and stared at her sempai, "What's wrong sempai?"

Sei smiled sweetly at Miaka and said in a non-panicking voice "Miaka, the storms over. We have to get to college."

"WHAT?!?!?" Miaka ran toward her window and began to panic when she saw the bluest sky she'd ever seen, "Iyaaaahhh (\!!!!! Sempai! We're going to be late!!!"

She ran to her closet, changed her clothes and grabbed her sempai's hand and dragged him down to the breakfast area. it didn't occurred to her that she didn't washed herself.

"Oi, Miaka! where's the fire?" asked Touya,

"Must.. grub grub yum, be quick. Can't be late, nyum nyum crunch crunch" came Miaka

Sei looked at the expensive looking wall clock at the wall. It was only 6:30, and their classes begins at 8:00, "don't worry Miaka-chan. We won't be late!" said Sei, smiling like Hotohori once again.

Miaka just grinned with embarrassment after looking at the clock.

* * * * *

"I'm going now!" Odou went to no one in particular. Why the **** did that ******* didn't went home?!?! thought Odou to himself. He wasn't in a very good mood that day. He was already having a bad day, despite the fact that he hasn't experience any accident. He walk silently to his college, nodding casually to anyone who greets him.

* * * * *

"Ja ne Otou-san! see you tonight!" came Miaka to her father.

"Bye oji-chan!" said Sei, "thanks for the ride

"Bye kids! see ya later!" said Touya, waving from the car. He hadn't parked the car in front of the university gates since he knew how humiliating that would be to both Miaka and Sei.

"Ne Sempai," came Miaka looking up to Sei, "Do you know where Odou-kun would be?"

"Nope, I haven't seen him since yesterday"

* * * meanwhile, not far from them * * *

"Isn't he gorgeous?"

"Who?"

"Tsukushi-sama, of course"

"Tsukushi-sama??? Where, where?"

"Over there!"

"Who's he talking to?"

"I don't know... wait, isn't that that new girl?"

"Oh yeah! what's her name again? Aka-something?"

"Akaseikun, I think. I don't like her."

"Me neither. That girl's manipulating Tsukushi-sama."

"Not to mention, his brother."

"Odou-kun? since when??"

"Duh! Like only since she first came here!"

"I don't like her. She's a real pest!"

"We must do something about that stupid girl!"

"Alright! Tell the STF pres! We have an emergency!"

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Okay. Plot's finally coming up. so what'll happen to Miaka? don't know yet. Sorry!

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAASE I'm begging you! Send me your reviews! The more I receive reviews the better I feel. The better I feel the faster I write, and the better I write. And I am telling you, I feel as if this isn't me typing those words. I am used to writing stories in paper. But I'm too lazy to buy a notebook where I can put all my stories. I can even make a good lemon in paper (I've tried that many times!) so please, make me feel better.

And sorry if I had author's block. I just had my exams