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Chapter 5: A Trip to the Onsen!

"Good morning Ryuichi-kun!" She said.

"I'm glad to see that your happy this morning." Said Shuichi.

"Hi Haruko-chan!" Ryuichi just about glomped her in his excitement.

"Ryuichi was worried about you you know."

"You...were?" She asked. Ryuichi nodded his head. "Oh thank you so much Ryuichi! So, to show you my appreciation...We're going to the onsen!"

"The onsen! Yay!" Said Ryuichi.

"You're invited to Shuichi-kun. Yuki-san can come and Fujisaki-san and Nakano-san can come too."

"Can Tohma and Noriko come?"

"Of course! Bring whoever you want!"

"I'll go ask Hiro and Fujisaki!" Said Shuichi.

At the Onsen

Noriko and Haruko were undressing in one room while the rest were in another. Haruko absolutely loved the onsen. Thing is, this one wasn't split. You know, like one place for girls and one place for guys. She hadn't really thought about it before but she'd think about it plenty enough later.

"So Haruko-chan, what do you think of Ryuichi?" Asked Noriko. Haruko didn't quite grasp what she was getting at.

"He's nice!"

"That's all...?"

"Hm? I don't understand."

"Don't you, uh, like him?"

"WHA--? Umm..." She wouldn't say anything else. Her lips were sealed.

"So, is that a yes?"

"..." She flushed a deep crimson and tried to avert her gaze.

"Well, the two of you do make the perfect couple. I mean, it's so cute! Kind of like teenagers."

"C-come o-on. Let's go," She said wrapping a towel around herself.

"I'll be out in a minute."

Haruko walked out to see Ryuichi in the onsen already. He looked over to her and blushed a little. 'W-wow! She's... hot! I mean, uh... Oh no!' "Hi Haruko!" She smiled at him but he noticed that she was really red. "Is something wrong?" He asked.

"I'm fine!" She replied quickly. Haruko slowly got into the water. She was about 5 (or maybe 10) feet away from him and was staring at the water. Secretly, Noriko and everyone else was watching. Noriko wanted to go out there and shout,"Haruko loves you!" Now, Haruko never said that really but Noriko could just tell. The way she looked at him and the way she acted too. Sure, she was shy around everyone, but not as shy as she was around Ryuichi. Sooo, she decided to play "match maker".

Ryuichi slowly inched towards her. He had the urge to giveher a peck on the lips, or at least the cheek. But he didn't want to turn her away. The two slowly started conversing when everyone came out of their hiding spot.

"Hiya!" Said Shuichi. He was about to jump in when Eiri grabbed him.

"Don't you know any better?"

"Nope!" He smiled childishly. Eiri just saighed and dropped him in the water creating a splash. Haruko laughed but then blushed when Shuichi bumped into her, making her accidently fall onto Ryuichi. "I'm sorry!" She said, quickly getting up.

"It's alright." Ryuichi was kind of happy about it actually. But he was still blushing a little. He watched as she began splashing Shuichi and as he dunked her under the water. 'Now that I think about it... She has a really nice smile. And she's got a kind of... school girl laugh. W-wait! I... shouldn't think of her like this...' Then he snapped back when Shuichi and Haruko dunked him.

"Alright you two, this is an onsen, not the beach," Said Hiro.

"Ah, hai!" Said Ayaka, latching onto his arm.

'For some reason I simply don't like that girl...' Thought Haruko. "Oh, gomen..." She pouted cutely but then dunked Shuichi once more. She stuck her tongue out at him and then made a "V" sign with her index finger and her middle finger. Ryuichi smiled happily.

Skipping the Rest

"That was so much fun!" She said.

"Thank you very much for inviting us all." Said Noriko.

"You're welcome!" Then she let out a large yawn. Her eyelids drooped and she leaned her head against Ryuichi's shoulder. Noriko smiled inwardly at the sight. Ryuichi blushed a little but then wrapped his arm around her waist and rested his head ontop of her's. Noriko fell asleep in the front seat and Tohma was driving. Shuichi had fallen asleep long ago next to Haruko.

When she awoke she was startled. Ryuichi lifted up his head and looked at her. She looked up at him and smiled slightly. Ryuichi blushed and let go of her. She blushed too realizing that she had been sleeping against him. "Sorry..." She murmured.

"No, it's fine. I-I... l-li--" Ryuichi began to say but she didn't hear it because Shuichi woke up screaming,"BANANAS!" Then went back to sleep.

"What did you say Ryuichi-kun?"

"Nevermind..." She looked at him a little confused but decided not to push it.

Well, sorry if it wasn't very good/short 'cause well, I really wanted to update and all sooo... SORRY IF YOU WEREN'T PLEASED WITH IT! But as always, thanks for reading! Please review!

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