Track 4: Don't Let The Rain Get You Down...

Why does she look familiar, he thought as Saki stuffed her hair back into her hat and adjusted her glasses.

"So Shindou-san –"

"Please, call me Shuichi," then he looked around nervously, "no, just call me Shu-chan."

Saki smiled, "So Shu-chan, why are you following me?"

For a second Shuichi blanked out "uh, umm, hm..." She shifted to her other foot causing the many bags of pocky to rustle and bump together. POCKY... "Well see, the thing is, you, uh, just bought the last box of strawberry pocky, and, well, strawberry pocky is my favorite and..." Shuichi blushed, he felt like an idiot.

Saki blinked and a look of understanding crossed her face. She rummaged in her bags then held the box of pocky out to him. "You can have it if you want it. I don't like the strawberry as much as the chocolate and I have plenty," she looked at the bags and a sweat drop rolled down her cheek, "or at least I have enough to last the next few days."

Shuichi looked at her with big googly eyes, "Thank you soooo much. You're so kind, Saki-chan!"

Yuki puffed on his cigarette then looked around. Still no sign of his pink- haired dufus. God! What the hell was taking him so damn long? Yuki sighed and stood up.

A look of pure horror came to Saki's face. She glomped Shuichi, covering his mouth with both her hands, pushing him into the darker corner of the nook. Shuichi winced when his head hit the floor and again when he realized she was on top of him. Her hat and glasses lay uselessly on the floor nearby; her long hair shadowed her eyes.

"Saki?"

"I-I'm sorry." She sat up and he propped himself up on his elbow. She sounded so... scared.

"Sa-"

"Please! P-please. Don't call me Saki-chan, just," she sighed, "just Saki..." She looked around then at him. He was in shock; she looked terrified, such a vulnerable look on her face, like a lost kitten or something. He pushed her hair out of her eyes.

"Don't worry. Saki. I'll only call you Saki. But in the meantime, would you, uh, mind getting off of me, you're, well, heavier then you look."

She blinked then smiled, "I'm sorry, I completely, I just, well, you know..." As she started to get up a shadow was cast over them.

"My, my. What's going on here?" The blonde blew cigarette smoke at the pink- haired duo on the floor, "I let you go off to get your pocky and you get yourself a piece of ass instead. I'm hurt. I mean, where'd all that 'love' and 'loyalty' go?" A lop-sided grin and a voice oozing with sarcasm. Shuichi smiled weakly, 'Uh, oh…'

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Disclaimer: I don't own Gravitation or it's characters. But Saki is my character; if she reminds you of another character or a real person, this was not intentional.

MANGA SPOILER in the author comment thingy…

M.M.: This one was a little too short too, but the next chapter will be along shortly, if your lucky, maybe today. Like the last one, I didn't change this one much, though I wish I had…. It just didn't really need it. Originally this was a fiction taking place after the anime, but I realized, after reading volume twelve, that the manga was much, much better. Now it takes place two or three months after volume twelve ends. It is also based off the manga rather then anime. SPOILER STARTS HERE That's why Sakano wasn't at Badluck's meeting. Remember? He had become Ryuichi's manager until Ryuichi left for L.A. to become an actor. END OF SPOILER I did want to make this longer, but I couldn't find where to add… What do you guys think? Is it okay? Or should I try to improve it?