Disclaimer-Can't I just dido what I've been saying for the last 4 chapters? I don't own Kodocha! Sheesh!!!


The boy jumped at the sudden glomp he got. "Um." Was all he said. Sana refused to let go. She sobbed uncontrollably.

"Akito! You really did come home, you really are here! And-"she stopped abruptly. The boy was staring at her. This wasn't Akito. This was some other boy, though he looked familiar. Sana was shaken by this experience but she jumped off him and fell into the snow backwards. She stared at him for the longest time. And for the longest time, they didn't talk.

The boy finally put out his hand and offered to help Sana up. She jumped up by herself and brushed the snow off her back.

"Um, I'm sorry about that whole hugging you...thing...I thought you were someone else." She said, her cheeks going redder than they were because of the cold. She grabbed her dogs' leashes.

"Hey you're Sana aren't you?" he asked coolly. Sana nodded her head silently. "I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Netsuke" he said, with a small smirk on his face. Sana shook the hand that he put out and bowed.

"I'm really sorry but I gotta go..." she turned on her heel and walked fast as she could to her house. Netsuke had put his hand up and was about to make her stop but shook his head and sat down on the fence again and drank a bottle of water.

-At Sana's house-

Sana was nearly out of breath. Once the boy, Netsuke, had stopped looking, she had run as fast as she could down the hill and into her backyard. She took the dogs leashes off and went inside. She pulled off her jacket hand hung it on the hook.

Mariko came into the same room and tilted her head slightly, which made Maro almost fall off. "What's the matter hun, you look outta breath." She said, sort of childishly. Sana jumped at her moms' voice. There were too many unexpected things happening today!!

"Oh, mom! I was walking the dogs and... I thought I saw Akito so I ran to him and I hugged him. But Mom, it wasn't Akito, it was Netsuke! And he knows me but I don't know him...yeah." She said all this rather fast and her mom just stared at her blankly

"Alright dear. It's okay...I think." She muttered the last words and looked at her daughter affectionately. "It's alright, it's over now. Sit and have some hot chocolate, alright?" she left the room, leaving Sana alone.

"Guh, I feel like such an idiot! I hugged some guy I don't even know and then run off all confused." She said spazzed out. She stopped talking and spaced out 'Akito's really NOT coming home' she thought. "What will I do?" she said quietly. Sana buried her head in her hands and said nothing more.

-At Netsuke's house-

Netsuke stared into his Hot Cocoa for quite some time before sitting up. "I'll see her again... She is very cute and you only really ever see her on T.V." (He must not get out much...teehee!) He sighed and sipped the hot cocoa. "I'll purposely meet her again...but who is this Akito fellow? A boyfriend?" Netsuke sighed and shrugged.


D.A.- Sup, yall? Wasn't what you expected was it? Its not Aki, its, Netsuke, I still need to make a nickname for is too long for me...Anyhow Stay tuned for the next chapter of Merry Christmas Sana to see what happens. (Laughs because she tricked you all)