I do not own or have created KKJ but am just a fan.

Maron wakes up the next morning to the sound of her alarm – clock, wondering how she got in to her bed, since the last thing she remembers is being in Chiaki's father's car. She drags herself slowly out of bed before getting changed in to her school uniform, sighing. There's a message on her answering machine, and she plays it.

"Maron-chan, this is mom, sorry, I had to cancel the flight because of work. I'll try to make it up to you. Bye." The message ends, leaving Maron staring at it.

"Liar." Maron mutters as she quickly deletes the message. She grabs a small something to eat, not feeling very hungry, but just rather disappointed. She looks to the clock on the wall and then hurries outside before Miyako can have a chance to yell at her, since she's not in the mood for it today.

"Good morning." A smiling face tells her as he stands there waiting.

"Chiaki – kun!" Maron exclaims not having had expected him to be there waiting for her since it was usually him and Miyako. "Thank you." She tells him blushing.

"Oh?" He asks as he blinks those brown eyes of his.

"For last night, I don't quight remember how I got home, but I assumed it has something to do with you, so thank you." Maron tells him.

"Your welcome, after all, what kind of boyfriend would I be if I had just left you there." He smiles.

"You're still going on about that?" She asks.

"Well, that's what kind of relationship we have isn't it?" He asks. "Well outside of you know..."

He had to remind her. She couldn't be his girlfriend, not with him working for the devil. "I told you I can't because you..."

Before Maron could finish her sentence, Miyako's door opens and then she comes out. "Oh! You two are up earlier then usual." She says trying to act happy for Maron.

"Hai." Maron tells Miyako.

"Are you alright, Maron-chan?" Miyako asks getting very series.

"I'm use to it by now." Maron lies as she blinks seeing Axis sitting on her head, and she quickly tries to smack him as if he where a bug.

Chiaki stands there acting as if everything's alright. "Come on, let's go or we'll be on late on the account of talking." He says as he starts to walk in front of the two girls.

"Hai!" Miyako and Maron quickly agree at the same time as they follow behind their friend.

The school day goes by slowly as well as rhythm gymnastics. Maron sighs not having had seen Finn with in the past few days, ever since she had her last "Check Mate" at the ice rink.

"Maron-chan!" Miyako calls out to her.

"Hai?" She asks wondering what she did wrong this time.

"Iinchou gave me some tickets to go the movies with him. I was wondering if you and Chiaki-kun would like to come with us, as a double date." She asks Maron, checking to make sure that the teacher was out of the room.

"No." Maron quickly says. "It's true that Chiaki-kun has confessed his feelings for me." She starts to say, feeling herself starting to blush rather quickly. "But..."

"But what?"

"You two." They quickly hear a voice that isn't really wanted to hear.

They turn to see their teacher standing before them.

"OUT!!" She calls as she blows the re-corder, loudly sending the two flying backwards in chibi forms. She walks away as she leaves the two of them with in their eyes.

The two walk outside, now back in their school uniforms, no longer being aloud in the club for the rest of the day.

"Excuse me." Maron says suddenly, not feeling like talking to Miyako about it.

"Nani?" Miyako asks blinking.

"I have something I need to do." Maron says quickly as she walks off in the other direction.

"Maron-chan!" Miyako calls out to her friend, reaching her hand out towards her.

She watches as Chiaki emerges from the school moments later, looking puzzled as Miyako smacks him. "What did you do to Maron?" She demands as she stares in to Chiaki's brown eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Chiaki asks as he rubs his cheek not having had expected that.

"Did you do something to Maron sometime either today or last night, if you have...."

He catches it this time as she tries to slap him once again. "Why ever she's in a bad mood, it wasn't me." He tells her, not removing her eyes from his. "I love Maron – chan too much to see her hurt." He can't believe that he's telling Miyako this. "Ever." He lets go of her wrist and starts to walk off, in the direction of home.

"Wait for me!" Miyako calls after Chiaki.

"Why'd I have to take the long way home for?" Maron asks herself as she sighs. "I didn't want to face Miyako – chan, I'm a coward." She tells herself as she finally reaches up to the apartment complex. The glass doors open, and she directly heads to her mailbox. She opens the door, and picks up the letter from inside. "Cheer up, baby." The note tells him. "Meet me out in the balcony, we need to talk."

She stands there grinning as she looks at the elevator seeing Chiaki coming down.

"I guess like we don't have to meet at the balcony then." Chiaki tells her.

"What's there to talk about?" Maron asks him coldly.

"I'm asking you to just listen to me." He stares at her with those brown eyes of his. "Just give me that much." He begs.

"It doesn't mean that I'll believe you." Maron quickly tells him.

"I'm only asking you to listen." He tells her. "I'll even make dinner." He says half joking.

Her eyes narrow down at him. "Fine, I'll listen." She says pressing the elevator button.

The two are now seen on the seventh floor of the building, with Chiaki sticking his key in to the door, now opening it. Maron follows in after him.

"Make yourself at home." Chiaki tells her as he turns on the light.

"Uh ... hai!" Maron says feeling a bit aquward, not having had been here since the night that she found out her next door neighbor was Sinbad.

"We have to wait until Access gets here." Chiaki says as he takes off his green jacket, taking it in to the bedroom with him and coming out in a different set of cloths. "I'll make us dinner until then."

"Chiaki – kun, if you're the one who wanted to speak with me, then why do we have to wait for Access?" She asks a bit curious.

"He knows the details about it better then I do." He says.

"Oh." Maron quickly says understanding now.

There's an aquward silence left between the two of them.

To be Continued