Chick Flick

Scenario #5: Singing to her… When a guy screws up, the best way to apologize is embarrass himself in song.

Serenade Redemption

Kaito/Aoko

She was miffed. Beyond miffed, she was horribly, utterly and unmistakingly pissed. Stupid boy and his inconsideration… She ran a hand through her bushy bangs as she sat in her desk, writing down the last of the teacher's notes. Where was he? How come he skipped last period?

The school bell rang, cuing the end of school. She and her friend Keiko made their way out of the building when a buzz rang through the front quad. They traced the sound to a large speaker system set up in the middle of the ground, powered by millions of extension cords. In the middle of the mess stood him, that stupid boy she was still miffed at. A frown formed on her face, wondering what he was up to.

Her answer soon came. He lifted a microphone to his mouth and began.

"Why do birds

Suddenly appear

Everytime you are near?" he sang accompanied with music. With a wave of his hand, flocks of birds appeared in a puff of smoke: seagulls, penguins, pigeons, doves, blue-jays, robins, cranes, flamingoes, chickens, turkeys, ostriches, ducks and every singly species of bird strut and flew around the quad, harassing the student body that, unfortunately for them,were present.

"Just like me

They long to be

Close to you…" he approached the girl as she stared with wide eyes.

"Why do stars

Fall down from the sky

Everytime you walk by?" With a snap, a cloud formed over the entire quad and silver star-shaped confetti rained on everyone.

"Just like me

They long to be

Close to you…"

His eyes panned behind her for a second and he snapped his fingers.

"On the day that you were born

The angels got together--."

With a twiddle of the performer's fingers, a figure came floating in her view. "Kuroba! Wh--!" Hakuba, clad in a diaper and tiny wings, floated beside her, struggling to get ground underneath his feet.

"And decided to create a dream come true!

So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair

And gold and starlight in your eyes so blue!" A pink cloud descended upon her and released gold and silver glitter, mixing with the star confetti that continued to fall.

Another wave of his fingers and Hakuba fell on his diaper-clad butt.

"That is why

All the boys in town

Follow you all around

Just like me

They long to be…" he paused as he stood before her and presented a full bloom flower. "Close to you…" He took a deep breath and grinned sheepishly at her.

She stood, hair cluttered in glitter and confetti, holding the rose in her right hand. A smile spread across her lips and so she thanked him the best way she could: she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. "I forgive you."

The grin on his face spread wider. They exchanged smiles among star-shaped confetti rain, and Hakuba on the ground, trying to shoo away the birds pecking at his wings.

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Bonus: (Guess who!)

The students had left the quad, leaving only a confetti mess and birds prancing around the vicinity. The school principal gawked.

A set of four penguins assembled at the hole in the ground the principal stood in front of. One by one, in fluid movements, they dove in. The last one looked up to the principal. The penguin narrowed his eyes at the man and waved both wings in circles. "You didn't see anything…" And with that, said penguin disappeared, leaving the principal alone to pick up his jaw off the floor.

Only that Kuroba kid. There was no one else that could pull a stunt like this.

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Thank you to The Carpenters. And our cameo penguins.