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Chapter 6: How To Be Shocked.

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Koboshi's eyes finally opened and scanned around the small room. She had just awoken from a bizarre dream… a dream about her and Ten. They were stuck in a phone booth as a hardcore storm raged outside, blowing all of poor Koboshi's notes and school work around them. Outside, in the stabbing rain and wind, it was icy cold and painful. The lighting danced around them and the thunder followed, crashing loud and rumbling the ground. But as soon as Ten snatched her hand and pulled her into that booth... all of that had disappeared from her mind… and She was warm and safe and no longer cold and frightened…

Giving that dream a moment of her thoughts, she suddenly found her cheeks glowing with pinkness. She placed her finger on her lips, sweating nervously of the thought of what had happened the night. "What a weird dream…" she whispered. She placed a shaky smile on her face. "heh.. yeah… weird… that'll never happen…"

She pulled the heavy covers off of her and rose out of bed, letting out a long yawn as she stretched. Her hair was a little stringy and the back of it seemed to be damp. Hmm… Did I take a shower last night…? She shrugged it off and slid her feet into her slippers. "ughhh…." She groaned, rubbing at her eyes. "I got to get that project done… it's due Monday and I don't want it to be late…" Scrowling at the thought of homework on a Saturday, she began to search for her bookbag. She looked around her vanity, in her closet, under her bed, and in the cupboard… but it was no where to be seen.

"heh… that's funny… I thought I put it in my room when I came home from café tricot…" She looked around, becoming a bit worried.

The door cracked open and Koboshi glanced at it, seeing her mother's beaming face.

"Lunch is almost ready, dear… you should get ready and come have some with me and your father…"

Koboshi blinked. "Lunch?" she asked, giving her mom an odd look. "not… breakfast?"

Her mom shook her head and inreturn shot back the same odd look. "Yeah… you didn't get home until 2:00 last night… I thought I'd let you sleep in…"

"What…? I couldn't of been out that late… I went to bed right after I came home from café..." she paused and looked down, feeling her cheeks grow even pinker and hotter. "mom…?"

"Yes, dear…?"

"… where's my book bag..?"

Her mom smiled nervously. "um… don't you remember, Koboshi? You lost it in the storm last night… the boy who took you home mentioned something about it…"

Koboshi's face went pale.

"Of course… you were out of it by then… poor boy had to carry you home… I'm just glad he got you here safely…" letting out a small chuckle, she gripped down on the doorknob. "at any rate, you should hurry up for lunch…" and with that, she shut the door, and walked off into the hall.

That… boy… storm………err……that boy………………!… THAT BOY! , Koboshi instantly cupped her hands over her mouth. T-TEN-CHAN! … I…. KISSED…. TEN-CHAN…!

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Misha looked at Kotarou's wide-eyed face with uncertainty. She wanted to frown, but her lips were paralyzed into that sweet, excited smile of her's. She wondered why Kotarou didn't wrap his arms around her or smile when she cuddled up to him… Maybe he wasn't happy to see her again…

But that was actually not the case whatsoever. Kotarou was in pure shock, frozen in his position, too out of it to move. Thoughts poured into his mind and poured out as well. He didn't know what was right. It was like all these images of memories were coming back to him. All these images of Misha leaving… leaving as a full fledged angel… and using her powers so that Kotarou could not see angels anymore. This wasn't right… something had to be wrong here.

"oh dear su…" Misha sighed, finally dropping that smile. She placed her hands on Kotarou's cheeks. His skin was strikingly cold and pale and to the touch it felt clammy. "Oh no, Kotarou-kun! Are you sicky-wicky su!" Misha could feel the tears crawling out of her eyes once again. Yet his face didn't change. "oh Kotarou-kun… please… please listen for a second…"

Kotarou gulped and stared Misha in the eye, waiting for an explanation of all this to shake off his confusion.

Misha took Kotarou's hands into her's, and looked down, still frowning. "Kotarou-kun… Y-you remember whens I used my power to grant that wish of your's…? … so you couldn't see angels…? Well…" She squeezed tighter on his hands. "I… I…. Kotarou-kun, it was startin' to hurt me, su…. I couldn't take it any more…. Watching you… wanting to talk to you… and holdie-woldie you… I can't bear living with such longings… I can't stand… living without you…" Tears dripped off her chin and onto Kotarou's flesh.

The light in Kotarou's face seemed to come back to him. He blinked and looked back at Misha, feeling a lump coming to his throat.

"I wanted to see you again su," Misha continued. "B-but… I knew I couldn't do that as an angel… so I asked Sasha-chan to—" Kotarou's hands had been pulled free from her grip and suddenly pushed onto her back and pulled her against him. Misha, a bit shocked from this action, looked straight with wide eyes. "…."

"Misha-san… it's really you, Misha-san…?" Kotarou questioned. His voice was shaky and scratchy. He squeezed her with all his might. He had lost all his strength for that one moment… but as soon as his mind had functioned what had taken place, all of it came back with even more than he had before. And he used it all in this one embrace.

A long smile formed on Misha's face and she titled her head down, her eyes being shadowed by her bangs. "Ko…Kotarou-kun….. ………………….KOTAROU-KUN!" She sprang to life and snuggled into him as hard as she could. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed his sweet face all over, leaving Kotarou a bit shocked again.

As his angel kissed his face and held him close, his heart was jumping in his chest. His eyes misted over and his vision blurred. In a blink, all those wet tears were rolling down his cheeks, and they just wouldn't stop. Kotarou had his Angel… and Misha had her love…

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END CHAPTER 6

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;-; no folks, this is not the end of the story, im afraid. It would have been nice to end it so happy and loving like this… but eh… there's still that condition right? And just because I like to keep people waiting, you wont be seeing that condition until the end of the story. D

I hope you enjoyed this chapter… is was one of the funnest to write actually…

And thanks for the reviews! 3

Cappy