"I'll talk to her", Yuuya said as she went to Aya. Rei smirked knowing his best friend's crush will be talking to her.

"Hey", Yuuya greeted. Aya looked up and blushed.

"H-Hey". Yuuya sat right next to her.

"You don't mind?" she shook her head. "How about that you'll do that next time? For now let's jam!"

"I can't coz tomorrow we'll practice the song. And you're one of the singers", Aya said. She looked at Rei who was having a good time teaching Ran the guitar. She smiled at the sight.

"Really? I'm one of the singers?" Yuuya asked somewhat shocked. "But I'm not that good". Aya turned to him.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine. For now I have to finish this", Aya said. She couldn't somehow concentrate coz' Yuuya was beside her.

"Do you want me to go?"

"Iie! Stay…just stay". 'Just stay coz' you're my inspiration".

"R-Rei", Aya began as they were planning to go home. "Starting tomorrow Y-Yuuya will walk me home…"

"That's great!"

"Are you not mad?" Rei shook his head and smiled assuringly.

"I'm also escorting Ran home tomorrow!" Aya chuckled knowing they're spending time now with their crushes.

"Lady Luck is on our side don't you think so too Rei? I mean our wishes are slowly coming true", Aya began. She smiled to herself. "It's like a dream".

"Yeah…"they had reached Aya's house. "Since we're not going to be together every afternoon starting tomorrow can you give me a goodbye kiss?" Aya gave a slight laugh.

"Sure Rei", she replied as she kissed his cheek. "See you tomorrow".

"Arigatou for the kiss. See you tomorrow…Aya". She nods her head as she went inside of her house. But Rei felt something he couldn't explain. He couldn't imagine everyday he wouldn't be escorting Aya but Yuuya. 'I hope he takes good care of her', Rei thought as he walked home. 'I'll miss her'.

Aya was done making her assignments as she was finishing composing her song. But somehow her mind is somewhere else. 'I wonder how if feels, now that Yuuya will be the one to escort me home? I wish I won't get tongue-tied! I wish Rei is there. But he's with Ran and that's good news. I better ask him if he has plans on courting her. Hey that's great!' Aya paused as she giggled imagining her best friend confessing his love. 'I think there'll be a missing part of me', she added as she continued writing the song. 'I'll miss him…'

It was early indeed, as Aya arrived in her classroom. Rei come up beside her. "Ohayou!" she turned to him and smile.

"Ohayou Rei". She yawned and he noticed she was a little sleepy.

"You slept late last night?" Aya just nodded as she yawned again. "Nanda yo?"

"I finished composing the song coz' we need to practice", Aya replied as she sat on her chair and rest her head.

"Aya there's still tomorrow", Rei said in a soft voice as he crouched to her. Her eyes wanted to close.

"But we have six days left. yawn let's not waste time". Ran and the others arrived.

"What's wrong with Aya, Rei? Look she's asleep", Ran began. Rei looked at Aya, shocked. She was peacefully sleeping.

"Ah well…she was making the lyrics last night…and of course she slept late", Rei said, scratching his cheek.

"Poor Aya-chan", Miyu said as she crouched to look at her. "She's very tired".

"What if our sensei will be here? Do you think we should make her up?" Yuuya asked. Everyone also thought about that.

"Hai. I think so. But for now", Rei tucked strands of hair behind Aya's ear. "Let her sleep". Everyone nodded their head.

"Hoshino-san", their sensei called. Aya was still asleep. "Hoshino-san!" Rei woke her up.

"Aya wake up!" he said slightly shaking her. She opened her eyes, lazily.

"Nani yo?"

"Hoshino-san daijoubo ka?" their English teacher asked as everyone turns to her. She flushed with embarrassment. She nods her head. But Rei was the one who told their teacher the real reason.

"She slept late last night coz' she was making our lyrics in Music".

"Rei…"

"Sou desu ka…do you want to go to the clinic and sleep there for a while? Your eyes are very puffy".

"Can I?" their sensei nods her head. "Arigatou".

"You wouldn't go without an escort". Aya was supposed to say she wants to be escorted by Rei and also Rei wanted to speak up. But their sensei then said "Yuuya go with her". Both were shocked but Rei smirked.

"Ganbatte!" he whispered, Aya wanted to slap her forehead.

"Shall I say thank you?" he shrugged. She smiled. "Thanks". She went out of the classroom with Yuuya as Rei smirked some more.

"Arigatou for escorting me Yuuya", Aya began as they walked to the clinic.

"Oh, it's nothing".

"Did you volunteer to escort me?" he shook his head.

"Sensei just said my name. Maybe because I'm near at the door".

"You're right. I was about to tell her I want Rei to accompany me but yeah she said your name".

"I see", Yuuya remarked. "What's with you and Rei? Are you…his girlfriend?" Aya looked at him, blinked her eyes and laughed. "Nani? Is there something I said?"

"Hai! Rei…Rei is my best friend! Please don't think that I'm his girl friend! That is VERY impossible!"

"Nanda yo?" Yuuya was so serious that she stopped laughing. But at the meantime she was giggling.

"Because I treat him as a friend…FRIEND!"

"Sometimes best friends, boy and girl sometimes end up together", Yuuya added. Aya rolled her eyes.

"Gomen nasai but I only treat Rei as my friend…I like somebody", Aya said as she looked away. Yuuya looked at her.

"Really? Who?" they have arrived at the clinic as Yuuya opened the door. Aya just looked at him and gave a wry smile.

"You'll know someday". Then the nurse arrived.

"Yes?"

"Um…my friend here has the permission to sleep for a while. Because she didn't sleep well last night", Yuuya began. The Nurse's forehead creased.

"What time did you sleep?" Aya looked up at the ceiling as if the answer was there.

"12a.m.or 12 something a.m.". The nurse nods her head.

"I see. No doubt your eyes are heavy. Sure, this was please".

"How many hours will she sleep?" Yuuya asked. The nurse turned to him.

"About an hour. If you want to you can come back here at 12 noon". The nurse turned to leave as Aya smiled wryly at him before she left.

She was dreaming…that people were surrounding her, smiling at her. That she was in front of the crowd, cheering for her. That she was with someone she knew. But last her tears fell…she had an argument with someone…

'I wonder if Aya's awake', Rei thought as he walked to the clinic. He smirked to himself. 'Wish she doesn't have eye bags'. As he was about to open the door it was opened by Aya first. "Hi Aya-"but he stopped in mid sentence coz' he was shocked to see her…crying. "Aya what happened?" he asked with concern in his voice. She shook her head and smiled wryly as she wiped her tears.

"It's nothing Rei. I was just having a bad dream", Aya replied as they started to walk to their destination.

"Tell me about it", he added. "I want to know". Aya sighed she looked down and stared at the floor.

"W-Well…I was dreaming that I was surrounded by many people. And they we're even cheering for me. I was having so much fun. Until…I found myself crying…because…because…I had an argument with s-someone". She tried not to cry because in her dream that person she had an argument with, they yell at each other, almost saying some bad words. "It w-was horrible". Rei tapped her shoulder.

"Hey don't worry. Dreams are just dreams okay? You don't have to worry too much".

"Rei", Aya said, finally looking at him. "What if my dream comes true?" he chuckled.

"That's silly!"

"I'm serious". He stopped laughing as he saw the seriousness in her eyes.

"If it does come true…then we can't do anything about it".

"Thought so". She looked away as her eyes were glued on the floor. 'But I hope it will not come true'.

They were practicing in the music room again. But they haven't sung the song yet. They were busy putting some chords to the song. Even Miyu was busy putting some beat to it. "By the way Rei…how about your dance troupe? Are you still gonna go with them?" Aya asked. Rei also thought about that all along.

"I don't know. I've considered it…what if they'll need me?"

"It's all right. You can transfer".

To be continued…