Nokoru was then shocked when he heard from Suoh and Akira that he needed a
break. After all, he hadn't done any work yet. But he shook his head and
said, "Iie. Arigatou gozaimasu for your offer but I just need a little
peace." Suoh just shrugged and went away doing his paperwork, while Akira
looked at his kaichou for a moment then went to his desk to do paperwork.
Nokoru just leaned back his leather chair and sighed as he kept on thinking
about what's going on with him. When suddenly they heard someone knock at
the double doors and went in. It was Ohkawa Utako, Kindergarten Division
Student Council President and instantly when Akira saw her he blushed
furiously, while stammering, "Konnichiwa Utako-san, I mean Ohkawa-
kaichou." She smiled at him blushing a little and she said, "Konnichiwa
Nokoru-san, Suoh-san, Akira-san." She was holding a vase full of cherry-
blossom flowers. Nokoru stood up immediately seeing the cherry-blossoms on
the vase but just stood there. Utako went to Nokoru and said, "Nokoru-san,
the Rijichou wants you to have this," as she handed Nokoru the cherry
blossoms. He held it with care as though like a child, scared of losing it.
Utako than said
"Iti nasai, see you later," as she waved goodbye and went out of the double
doors. Nokoru put the cherry-blossom on his desk carefully and sat down and
looked at it carefully as he remembered the beautiful fairy he met and
murmured softly, "Ayami." When suddenly someone knocked and opened the
double doors. As if someone from above granted Nokoru's wish, Ayami
suddenly appeared and Nokoru stood up immediately and said, "Ayami-san!
What are you doing here?" Suoh and Akira looked at each other with surprise
as Ayami smiled at him knowingly and winked and she bowed, "Imonoyama-
kaichou, Takamura-san, Ijyuin-san." Suoh acknowledged her with a nod while
Akira smiled at her welcomingly, as both were still curious. Nokoru led her
to the couch and sat down as well, so did Suoh, a little curious at the two
as Akira went to make tea for all of them. As they waited for Akira, Nokoru
introduced Ayami to Suoh, who politely welcomed her. Akira then arrived
with the tea, which he served with his special apple pie and he sat down as
well. Nokoru than introduced Ayami to Akira, who smiled at her warmly while
saying, "Yoroshiku CLAMP School, Ayami-san." Ayami smiled back at him
warmly while saying, "Arigatou gozaimasu for your warm welcome, Akira-san,
Suoh-san." Nokoru than asked, "What brings you here Ayami-san?" Ayami took
a sip of tea, which when she tasted said with delight, "Wow Akira-san you
make such good tea." Akira blushed furiously and said shyly, "Arigatou
gozaimasu Ayami-san." Ayami said with a wave of her hand, "Iie, arigatou."
Than she said to Nokoru, "Well Imonoyama-san, I came here to see if you
receive my bio data as you see, the board haven't received it yet." Nokoru
smiled as he scratched his head while saying, "Ano...I guess I haven't
approved of that paper yet." Suoh started rubbing his nose bridge as he was
getting another of those headaches as she noticed the big stacks of
paperwork that would have caused some serious damage if touched and needs
to be done. She *sweat dropped* when she saw this then said, "Well don't
worry I'll find it," as she merrily skipped to the workload and started
scattering the papers everywhere. After she scattered 5 mountains of
paperwork she found her bio data and cheered, oblivious to Suoh's glare as
paperwork were everywhere, Akira's surprised look and Nokoru's amused look.
She then turned to Nokoru and said; "Nokoru-san here is my bio data. Please
approve it." Nokoru got his stamp and approved the bio data. She smiled and
said, "Arigatou gozaimasu for your time and the tea. It was really lovely
meeting y'all though I must get going and give this to the board to input
it in the school's computers. Iti nasai, Nokoru-san, Suoh-san, Akira-san.
See you somewhere," as she waved goodbye and went out when suddenly they
heard shrieks outside their door. As Nokoru being a *lady's savior* dashed
out of the council room with Suoh and Akira at his heels, to find 3 ladies
hugging each other. "Who shrieked?" Suoh asked exasperatedly. A light
purple colored, pony tailed haired girl with gentle, loving eyes bowed
while she said softly, "Suoh-san, we're sorry if we are causing you
trouble." Suoh blushed furiously as he saw Azuya Nagisa, the beautiful and
talented flautist from Kindergarten Division. "Iie Nagisa-san you weren't
causing us any trouble at all," he managed to say without stammering. Utako
said, "Gomen nasai Akira-san, Suoh-san, Nokoru-san. It's just that we did
not know that Ayami-chan is here earlier than we expected. Nokoru, Suoh and
Akira's eyes narrowed as they all said in unison, "You know each other?"
The 3 ladies giggled at their expressions. Utako said, "Of course! She is a
very talented violinist and quite a singer; it was a good thing Nagisa-san
recommended her to me. She demonstrated her skills on my 6th birthday,
which of course *ahem* led through a very *ahem* interesting show after her
performance." Akira's cheeks had a tinge of pink when she was saying this
as unknown to them (except Utako of course) he was the mysterious 20
Mensou/Thief with 20 Faces, the greatest thief of the 21st century, which
on Utako's 6th birthday, he stole her ice mermaid, a present from her
parents. Then Nagisa said, "I met her in France as she was on a tour like
me. It was a good thing she was there or I would die of boredom though. All
of the other kids there were quite haughty as to say. After that tour we
became email pals and emailed each other ever since though we could have
been pen pals as we both live in Japan and she is just on Hokkaido, on one
of the cliffs overlooking the Sea of Okhotsk. The 3 boys nodded their heads
and Nokoru said, "Yokatta, now we know each other! Ohayou nasai ladies have
a good day." As Nokoru went inside the council room with an irritated Suoh
muttering about delayed paperwork and a cheery Akira at his back.
