Dream Run

"Thank god our class trip to Kyoto has begun. I just wish the bus would pick up its pace a little bit, 6 hours of being trapped with you guys makes me claustrophobic. I can´t wait to finally visit KyoAni, I´m so excited!" Minori exclaimed, throwing her arms around hysterically. "Don´t tell me you´re watching this childish trash!" Taiga answered, already annoyed. "What? You kiddin´? Lucky Star, Clannad, Free!? All those are my absolute favourite shows, especially Free! Just look at all those well toned bodies. I´m even wearing my Free! jacket today." She screamed gleefully. Taiga rolled her eyes. "I´m just looking forward to spending some time with My Ryuuji."

Ryuuji, who was sitting with Kitamura behind the two girls, was following the conversation. He leaned forward to Taiga and ensured her: "Don´t worry, I´m sure there will be enough time for that, I even cooked something special for you. But I can´t wait to see KyoAni aswell. I loved watching their shows when I was a little boy."

"Now, now. No need to argue about that. I am certain that we´re all gonna have fun today." Kitamura grinned, while taking off his shirt.

"Why do you have to be this way, Kitamura?" Minori asked defeated.

"I´m like a wildfire, you cannot stop me, Minori!

Suddenly, a biting smell of smoke was rising inside the bus.

"What is happening?" Taiga screamed frightened. Through the thick cloud of black smoke, a flaming burst of fire engulfed everything in its sight.

"Help! Please, anyone, help me!" Taiga cried, seeing all of her friends melting into dust.

"Taiga, I love you!" Ryuuji shouted out to her, extending his burning hand out to her. "No! Ryuuji! Please don´t leave me!" reaching her hand out to his.

*BEEP* *BEEP*

The buzzing sound of her alarm clock, taking her out of her nightmare back into reality ever so slightly. Unfortunately, she had to endure this nightmare every day, but today the first step back to normality was supposed to happen.

Her second senior year was about to begin. Redoing the year was the last thing she wanted, considering the tragic deaths of everyone she knew. But there was no other option.

"Hey sleepy hollow, time to get ready for your first day... ag~ain Come on, I´ve even cooked you something delic~ious " The smell of burned rice and vegetables was filling the whole apartment. She took the cover off of the bowl and revealed a food massacre of a whole new level. "Thanks, Yasuko... I´ll eat it later." Taiga mumbled, throwing the food into Inko's cage without Yasuko noticing. "Poison! Poison!" Inko screeched.

"I hope I´m not being a burden to you, since I moved in here." Taiga said, while putting on her shoes. "No, don´t worry it´s always such a pleasure with you around. Besides, it´s not like there's anything going on around here anyway, since... you know." Taiga shed a sad smile, opened the door and made her way to school. "See you later then!"

The crumbling skyline cuts a vicious horizon, sinking its teeth into the cold September sky as Taiga made her way to school. A sense of loneliness was looming above her as she watched the others having fun with their friends, knowing she would never experience something similar again.

Since there weren´t many students in the classroom yet, Taiga could choose any table she wanted. She noticed the place next to the window in the back was still available. "At least I don´t have to talk to anyone there."

The class was slowly starting to fill up with students. A white haired girl entered the room with some friends, laughing about something petty. "Haha yeah, that bag she was wearing was so out of time." After their chit chat, the girl walked towards Taiga and made herself comfortable two tables away. "So, you are the new one, right? My name is Mayuko Matsushita and I hope we will get along together." She introduced herself and smiled at her.

Taiga took a brief, indifferent look at her, but decided to ultimately ignore her pitiful tries of interaction. Mayuko was confused.

"What´s her problem?" Akari, Mayukos friend, asked. "Maybe smalltits just doesn´t wanna talk to you!"

"Hey, don´t be too mean, we don´t know her yet." Mayuko scolded her friend.

"Taj Mahal everybody, my name is Mr. Ragunis, your Indian teacher. Nice to meet you all, or how we would say it in India, 'aapase milakar achchha laga'! I hope you all had great holidays and you´re all feeling well. Before we get started with the boring school stuff, why don´t we just introduce ourselves?
As I just said, my name is Mr. Ragunis and I just landed here in Japan a week ago to teach you all a lesson! Haha! Alright, little brown haired girl in the backyard, why don´t you start?" Mr. Ragunis smiled and pointed at Taiga.

Taiga sighed and rolled her eyes before hesitantly standing up. "Well... my name is -"

She was interrupted by the door getting torn open. "Sorry I´m late, but it´s my first day here and I fell down the stairs. How am I supposed to know this school has so many stairs?" The tall, slim boy, with a white mohawk, and small black eyes, said between panting.

"My parents always said 'samay par ho, nahin to tum mar jaoge', but since you´re already standing there why don´t you introduce yourself first?" Mr. Ragunis suggested.

"Eh yes Sir! My name is Akebono Taikatai, but all my friends just call me "A", I just transfered from another school. Nice to meet you all!" A tells the class, still out of air.

"Okey A, it seems there is only one seat left in the backyard, next to our little princess. Please make yourself feel at home, but not too much."

A's and Taiga's eyes met and she started feeling a strange kind of familiarity. She was tempted to say something but she couldn´t.

A sat down at the last available desk right between Taiga and Mayuko. Mayuko smiled at A: "Hey A" She whispered. "Nice to meet you. My name is Mayuko!"

Taiga was disgusted and looked away. Under her facade lingered a trace of jealousy. Making friends never came easy to her, but now even more so. But still she couldn´t shake off the feeling she had earlier, there is something about him.

"Alright my little Japanese fellas, since I don´t know any of you, how about we start a little group activity about my home country India. The class book tells me, that there are 30 of you in here, so we will just make 10 groups with 3 people each, alright? So your groups will be determined by your sitting order. Since I will start counting from the back, the first group will be, Taiga Aisaka, Akebono Taikatai and Mayuko Matsushita. The goal of the project, is to get as many information about India and present it in front of the class, as if you were working for a travel agency. And most importantly, to test your team ability. Due to our schedule being filled with other stuff, you have to do the project at someone's home, or at the school's library. The deadline is tomorrow! So, 'gud lak aur maja karen!'" Mr. Ragunis' words were clear.

Taiga took a look at her group members in disbelieve. She didn´t have a problem working with A, considering the look he gave her earlier and her desire to get to know him better. But apparently, he only had eyes for Mayuko. "Stupid white haired bitch!"

Mayuko turned to Taiga and A, proposing her grand idea of doing the project at her home: "How about we just meet at my place? It´s big enough for all of us, plus it´s not far from school."

"I wouldn´t waste a second spending time with you." Taiga exclaimed.

"Why are you so cold?" Mayuko wondered.

"Or.. or we could just visit my place, my parents own a restaurant where we could get free food." A suggested, while growing more uncomfortable with each passing second. "I´ll just write down my address for you. Or we could just go right after school."

"Can´t you listen? I´m not going anywhere!" Taiga stormed out of the classroom angrily.

"She really is hard to handle. Looks like we have to do this alone." Mayuko said, grinning at A. "Yeah, I guess..." A confirmed.

Right after Taiga arrived at home, she took off her shoes and threw them against the wall angrily, which caused Inko to shriek. "Stupid bird!" She whispered to herself. Yasuko, who noticed the commotion, made her way into the room: "Taiga-cha~n What are you doing here this early?" She asked concerned. "None of your business... I´m already fed up with school."

"Come on, tell me about it swee~ty " Yasuko said, while taking a seat next to Taiga.

"My teacher wants me to do a stupid project about India and now I have to go to my stupid classmates. But I´m not going. They can´t force me to go. I´m not gonna waste my precious time for stupid things like that." She said, putting her hands on her waist.

"Oh, maybe you should be more open minded and try to get some new friends." Yasuko suggested with a sly smile.

"I DON´T WANT NEW FRIENDS!" Taiga shouted, sliding her door shut as hard as she could.

"Please take your sandals off before entering the house." A told Mayuko.

"Oh, okey sure." She said a bit unsure about his weird phrasing.

"The last room on the left is mine. Make yourself comfortable while I cook us something to eat, since my parents aren´t home. I´m sensing that you love to eat rice? I hope you´re hungry!" A was visibly excited.

"Wow, you can cook?" Mayuko was impressed.

"Yes, my parents always made me help out in the kitchen at our restaurant." A said, taking the conversation down an awkward road.

"It seems that you are very close to your family." Mayuko said, while taking out some school supplies out of her bag.

"If only..." A sighed sadly, without Mayuko hearing it.

"I hope you like black rice and sal- !" A paused, as he saw Mayuko strumming on his acoustic guitar.

"Can you play it?" She asked, ignoring his food delivery.

"Well... maybe a little bit." A chuckled, while rubbing his hand behind his neck.

"Play something for me!" Her eyes were glowing with anticipation.

"I- I- I- ... Maybe we should start with our homework, it´s getting late soon." A was uncomfortable with the situation.

"Please, just one song." Mayuko insisted.

A sighed. "Okey fine." He picked up the guitar: "So, you know when you really like a girl, but she won't even look at you in the eye, you know?

"Uhu." Mayuko acknowledged.

"This song's, uh, kind of about that."

" When I talk to other people about you I say her

in my bed rests a pillow where you once were

my lips my hair my skin my eyes

when you left me it was a big surprise

maybe one day I'll wake up on Jupiter

an entire planet just me and her

we'd count the stars and float on by

I love you girl that's something I can't deny "

"Wow, that was beautiful." Mayuko was impressed.

"Oh, it´s nothing. I´ve only been working on this for the last couple of months." A blushed.

Suddenly, a loud noise of glass breaking instantly cut the romantic tension building up between the two students.

"What was that?" Mayko asked scared." Don´t worry, I´ll go have a look." A walked slowly towards the kitchen, expecting the worst. He noticed, that the window was broken. Upon further investigation, he realized Taiga laying on the kitchen floor between broken glass.

"If you weren´t so focused on serenading your little love song, you would´ve heard the doorbell. Now I had to let myself in. By the way, I´m not cleaning that mess up." Taiga stood up, while brushing the glass off of her body.

A was shocked to see her covered in bleeding cuts. "What were you thinking? Look at you, you´re bleeding everywhere! Let me take care of you before it´s getting worse."

Taiga was reluctant at first, but felt herself getting weaker and weaker with each passing second until she finally fainted.

As Taiga woke up, she felt something moving underneath her head. She opened her eyes and realized that her head was resting on A´s legs.

"So, you´re awake?" A asked with a smile. Taiga instantly sprang up from the bed: "Get away from me you creep!"

"Stop being such a child for a second and get yourself ready for school. Your mom tried to call you yesterday, so I picked up your phone and explained the situation. She was worried, so she brought you new clothes." A pointed to the fresh clothes laying on the chair.

"First you pick up my phone without permission and then you sleep in the same bed with me? You´re disgusting, you filthy voyeur!" Taiga was furious, while throwing her wooden sword at A. "And by the way... don´t call her my mother. We are just living together." She changed her clothes in the bathroom, making sure not to mess up her bandages and made herself ready for school. "Don´t follow me, creep!" While she pointed her wooden sword at him.

"Why are you so ungrateful? Even Mayuko was worried about you and left because she didn`t want to disrupt your sleep." A was angry.

She just ignored his question and stepped towards the door.

"And who´s gonna pay for the window?" A asked, while showing his empty wallet.

"I don´t care!" Taiga said nonchalantly, while stepping out of the front door. "And... Thanks." She mumbled quietly.

"Huh?" A was confused.

Right as Taiga was about to enter the classroom, Mayuko approached her and asked: "Hey Taiga, are you feeling better already? Those cuts looked nasty!"

"Don´t act like you actually care about me." Taiga answered begrudgingly, while entering the classroom.

Mayuko stood there, not understanding how she could be so heartless, even though they barely know each other.

Mr. Ragunis entered the classroom, indicating the start of today's first lesson: Indian! "'Sabako suprabhaat' to my little curry lovers! Today we will talk about my hometown, Calcutta! But before that, let´s see some of your presentations. We have time for one group." Mr. Ragunis made some weird Indian tribe sounds with his mouth, closed his eyes, pointed out his finger and started to spin in circles and eventually stopped at A.

"The greater ones decided, that you should be the first to present your project to the class and enlighten us with your knowledge about Indian culture!"

A felt uneasy with the attention on him, he stumbled over his words as he tried to explain, that they weren´t able to even start their project.

"Yo- you know... uh.. soo. There were some complications at my home and..."

Taiga cut him off:"It´s my fault that we couldn´t finish the project. I distracted them. Perhaps, we could hold the presentation tomorrow?"

"You know that I still have to punish you for that, but you can hold the presentation tomorrow. Back in India when I was a student, the punishment for forgetting something was much more severe. But since we are in Japan, I have to hold back my Indian temper." Mr. Ragunis was angrier than ever.

Mayuko and A, who were surprised with Taigas actions, confronted her: "You didn´t have to do this. What´s with the sudden change in attitude. I thought you didn´t want to be in our team?" A said with a sarcastic tone.

"That´s for breaking your window, were even now." Taiga claimed with a sheepish smile.

The three stayed alone in the classroom after school was over.

They´ve worked really hard to get this project going, everybody was contributing equally, even Taiga. As the three were packing up their stuff after finally finishing the project, A noticed some pictures of students he doesn´t know, on one of the classroom walls. "I´ve never seen these students before. Are those honorable students?"

Mayuko hesitated a bit, but then answered: "Those are the students who died in a horrible bus crash last year, when they were on their way to a class trip..."

"That.. that is terrible." A shivered. "Taiga, do you know something about that? You had to repeat the class, right?"

They both turned their heads to Taiga but she was looking away. "Taiga?" Taiga broke down in tears. "This- this was my class!" Taiga cried. She didn´t try to hold back her tears anymore. "I should have died with them together!"

"Don´t say something like that!" A tried to comfort her.

"All my friends died on this trip and I was the only one who couldn´t join them because I was sick and had to stay home! Five months have passed and taken with them every sense of warmth. Until my blood ran cold and life stood still. The only love I´ve ever had was burned down to ashes!" Taiga had an emotional breakdown.

Mayuko tried to calm her down: "At least you still have your family."

"I don´t have a family, my mother found another guy and moved to Australia and my father is an asshole! I have to live with the mother of my dead boyfriend, otherwise I would be completely alone!" Taiga sobbed.

"But that doesn´t mean that your live is over now. We both are always there for you, no matter what!" A strengthened Taiga. She looked at them with teary eyes and managed to give them a quick smile. "Bu... but why do you wanna help me? You don´t even know me and I was so mean to you guys."

Mayuko agreed: "Yes you were cold and heartless but I always knew that you were actually very nice inside."

They both embraced the vulnerable girl in a tight hug. Taiga yelped in surprise, she wasn´t used to getting hugged by a friend anymore. She didn´t return the hug though. But still, it left a warm feeling of trust inside her. "Stop it, you are embarassing me." She said, trying to free herself.

Amidst the shuffle between the three highschool students, a loud growling made itself apparent. "Looks like somebody hasn´t eaten today!" Mayuko teased Taiga while booping her nose. "Maybe we should all grab something to eat." A suggested. "Oh I know this great karaoke bar, they have the best food in the whole city. And this could also take your mind off things." Mayuko recommended.

Taiga was looking at them for a moment: Maybe I should just go with them and try to have a fun time. But it wouldn´t be fair to Ami, Kitamura, Minorin, ... and Ryuuji to just have fun with other people like nothing happened.

What am I talking about? They were my friends, they would tell me that my life has to go on without them. I cannot isolate myself for the rest of my life!

"Alright, but only if you pay!" Taiga agreed with a smile.

"Wow, the food here sure is delicious, I´ve never even heard of that place. How often do you come here anyway, Mayuko?" A was impressed by the delightful meal they´d been served. "Twice a week!" Mayuko answered, while brushing her white hair out of her face. "Why do you come here so often?" Taiga asked, tilting her head. "I love singing songs with Akari." Taiga frowned.

"I apologize for what happened the first day we met, usually she isn´t like that." Mayuko was bowing her head. Suddenly a loud music was filling the room

~Densetsu no kuro-kami wo karei ni midashi~

The both girls turned their heads simultaneously towards the stage "That voice...?"

~Kurui-zaku kono hana Hakanaku kieru~

"Is that A? And more importantly, is that Babymetal?"

~HEDOBANG HEDOBANG HEDOBANG HEDOBANG~

A was performing a mixture of inaudible screaming and weird dance moves, of Babymetal's song 'Head Banger', to the discomfort of the whole audience. After his rather special performance, he headed back towards the puzzled girls: "Your turn, Taiga!" Taiga gulped: "Fine, but I get to choose the song!" She made her way onto the stage and grabbed the microphone. Surprised by her own confidence, she belted those high notes in the chorus along with everyone else. Everyone in the crowd who had a lighter, was waving in unison to the harmonic sound that echoed throughout the house.

"You sound like an angel, Taiga!" Mayuko was in awe. "Not as good as my performance, but it was okey." A stated with a smirk.

"Why did you pick that song? It felt very heartbreaking, one could really hear the pain in your voice." Mayuko said, tilting her head. Taiga paused for a moment before taking a deep breath: "That song... Ryuuji used to play that for me when I was feeling sad or depressed. And now I´m all alone again." Taiga said, with a meek and shaky voice and for the second time today, tears were rolling down her cheeks. Avoiding their gazes, Taiga looked on the ground. She felt a soft hand on her shoulder and saw A smiling at her: "Don´t say something stupid like that. We already told you that you can always count on us when you feel alone." Taiga looked into Mayuko and A´s eyes full of love and understanding. She didn´t know how to feel. The friendship she longed for was right in front of her, yet not with the people she initially intended. But she felt that this may be the right path to choose. Being with anybody is better than being with nobody. She accepted the generous offer with a sobbing smile. "It´s already getting late. And who´s going to pay for this now?" "Alright, alright, I got ya! How much is it?" A asked the waiter. "Ehm, that´ll be ¥6950, Sir." "Right on, my good man. Here´s ¥7000 for ya." A blinked at the waiter. The waiter disgruntledly took the money and the three went on their way home. A thick black cloud opened its gates, pouring down thick drops of rain. "Alright guys, see you at school tomorrow." Mayuko said her goodbyes, opened her pink umbrella matching her pink coat and went on her way. "I had a lot of fun today. And I hope that we could hang out together sometime again!" A shouted after Mayuko. "She´s already gone, baka! Anyway, see you tomorrow. Thanks for the food!" Taiga was about to head home, but A noticed that Taiga did not have an umbrella: "Here, let me walk you home. You don´t want to get all wet, do you?" He offered, while awkwardly trying to open his umbrella, but failing miserabely. " Geez, you can´t even do the simplest task." She grabbed the umbrella with her tiny hand and swiftly opened it with one flick off her finger, walking off into the distance, leaving A in the rain without an umbrella.

Two months had passed since the new school year started and the three students are getting closer to each other every day.

It seems like a spark has been ignited between A and Mayuko. Last weekend when we were baking a cake for Yasuko's birthday, Mayuko cut her finger while trying to cut bananas. The way A was trying to make her feel better was so sweet and loving. There's this weird romantic tension between the two. Why do I feel so sad everytime I look at them? Perhaps because they remind me of... us... No, I'm not allowed to listen to these feelings. That would be disrespectful to Ryuuji. I think it´s best for now to leave them space. I'm just standing in their way.

But still... why does A appear to be so similar to Ryuuji?

"Taiga, you coming? School's already out." A tried to get Taigas attention by snipping his fingers in front of her, in hopes of pulling her out of her daydream. "Yeah I'm coming, geez!" She answered, slapping his hand out of her face.

The three made their way out of the school. "You guys still down for the new horror movie 'Murder Madness at Midnight 2' at the Taikatai residence? I heard they used real body parts for this one!" A said making exaggerated hand gestures. "Ehm, do we really have to watch that movie? I might have to stay the night over, because I'm too scared to be alone afterwards." Mayuko gulped with a frightened expression on her face. "Oh don't worry, it's not that scary, I'll promise." A reassured her. "So what about you, Taiga? Do you like horror movies?"

"You know, about that... I'm not home this weekend. As you know, Yasuko's birthday was a few days ago and I wanted to make her a nice little present, so I decided to make a trip to Shizuoka with her. Plus I want to take her mind off things. But I'm sure it´s gonna be great without me." Taiga said absent mindedly. "Are you okey?" A had a concerned look on his face."You were pretty quiet the last couple of days." "No I'm fine, don't worry about me." Taiga said, while flipping her bag over her shoulder elegantly. "Oh, that's a shame." Mayuko said, with a slight hint of disappointment in her voice. "But I hope you'll have a lot of fun anyways!" "Guess it's just you and me then." A stated. Mayuko's frown turned into a smile, as she returned A's cheerful look. "See you on Monday!" Taiga said, leaving the two behind her.

"She's been acting kinda weird lately, don't you think?" A mused. "Yeah, we'll have to get to the bottom of this come Monday."

"You were right sweety, those hot springs really are relaxing . It feels like I've been born again." Yasuko was thoroughly enjoying the experience. "Mhm." Taiga yawned. "So how you've been doing lately. We haven't really been talking for the last couple of weeks. Have you gotten any new friends yet?" Yasuko asked, keen on taking an interest on Taiga's life. Taiga took an exhausted breath before answering. "Yes there's two people I hang out with sometimes." Yasuko clapped her hands in excitement "Oh that's great sweety . What are their names?" "A and Mayuko." Taiga stated. "A? What kinda name is that?" Yasuko was confused. "Yeah, his real name is Akebono and he has a weird mohawk." Taiga was drowning in her thoughts. "Taiga? TAIGA?" Yasuko yelled. "Huh?" Taiga was frantically throwing her arms to and fro, before gaining back her composure. "I'm sorry, it's just that..." Taiga was hesitant. She didn't know if she could tell Yasuko how she really felt. "You can tell me anything." Yasuko promised. "This guy, A... I had a dream about R- Ryuuji." Her voice was timid and unsure. "They are so similar. I see Ryuuji's reflection in all that A does. And I don't know how to feel about it. In that dream, Ryuuji told me to stop dwelling on the past and start living again. But I don't know if these feelings for A are real, or just a projection of what Ryuuji and I once had." Her voice was a mere whisper by now and she felt her heart racing. "But I don't know, it was just a stupid dream, right?"

"I don't think it's just a stupid dream." Yasuko said with a serious expression, Taiga had never seen before. "When you feel that your heart is at the right place, you just have to accept it. The only way to find out if your feelings are real, is if you go after him and confess him your feelings!"

"But what about you? It doesn't feel right if find somebody new, while still living with you together." Taiga looked Yasuko in the eyes.

"Oh don't worry about me, if that's what makes you happy, I'm also happy!" She sang with her usual cheerful voice.

"T- thanks Yasuko!" The two smiled at each other and continued to enjoy the soothing hot water.

"I'm sensing that you love to eat fried rice?" A was serving Mayuko a big bowl of rice. "Oh, thanks a lot A, that's so sweet of you. I'm starving! I could eat a whole pond of Koi." Mayuko exclaimed. "So you ready to get this movie thing going? I heard this movie was based on the Tsutomu Miyazaki case. " A was excited. "You mean this psychopathic killer? I hope he won't visit us here!" "No, don't worry he was hanged last year." A calmed Mayuko down.

A slid the CD into the DVD player and they sat down on A's bed, while placing a bowl of rice between them. Mayuko was giving A a questionable look. "Uhm, I ran out of chopsticks." A laughed, rubbing his neck. "O- okey..." Mayuko replied.

"Please don't, I have a wife and children! Please have Mercy!" *chainsaw noises*

"AH!" Mayuko started screaming. But not because of the movie, but because their hands touched inside the rice bowl. "Oh. s- sorry!" A and Mayuko were blushing. Thunderous lightning striked down, right outside A's appartement, making Mayuko jump in fear. "Are you scared of thunder?" A asked out of curiosity. Mayuko just nodded, unable to speak. She was lying on A's bed, her face buried into his pillow. She felt A shook her slightly and looked up and saw him kneeling in front of her. A stared into her big red eyes. "You're beautiful, Mayuko" His voice was barely above a whisper. They both slowly leaned in, for a soft and tender kiss. Her lips tasted like strawberry and he could still taste her on his lips, after the kiss was over. Even though it lasted only a few seconds, it felt like an eternity.

They both blushed as deep as A's red shirt. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Mayuko asked, still breathless from her first ever kiss. "Why didn't you? A reciprocated. "I want you, A" Mayuko threw her arms around his neck and pulled him onto the bed. "Wait. Are you sure about that? Have you eve- " Mayuko shook her head, before he could even finish his question. "But, h- have you?" Mayuko asked as uncertain as A. He also shook his head. "Do you really wanna do this now? I don't even have any protection with me." He said. Mayuko pushed her index finger against A's lips and took off his red shirt, revealing his well toned body. A felt a little self conscious seeing Mayuko stare at him, so he decided to help her getting undressed aswell. He started taking off her grey sweatshirt. Underneath that hid a plain black bra, cupping her b sized breasts.

"M- may I?" A asked, mesmerized by the sight in front of him. "Mhm." Mayuko nodded, granting his wish. A awkwardly tried to open her bra, but failed miserably. "Do you want me to do it?" "Uh.. okey" He said unsurely. With one flick she quickly opened her bra, exposing her beautifully formed breasts. He carefully put his hands on her chest. "They're so soft." He started giving her a soft massage. She could feel herself getting wet. After a couple of minutes, A got rid of her skirt. He ran small circles on her inner thigh, making her crave him even more. She felt her leggings getting removed, as a quiet moan escaped her mouth, but she tried to catch her breath and take the initiative again.

"Not so fast, Mr. A!" Mayuko got up, opened his belt and pulled down his jeans. She could see his already hardened dick through his black boxers, with two white stripes on each side. Mayuko hesitantly pulled down his boxers. A quickly turned around and tried taking off his socks. "Shit... I can't take them off for some reason." "Just leave them on." Mayuko said impatiently.

A, who ultimately decided to leave his socks on, turned around again and started kissing her neck, which increased Mayukos breathing rapidly. Unsure of what to do whith his hand, he started fumbling her hair clumsily.

"Yo- you can use that hand otherwise too... you know?" Mayuko tried telling A what she meant with her eyes, via looking down on her private part. "Al- alright... but let me put on some romantic music first." A said. "Okey?" Mayuko agreed a bit confused.

GET GET GET GET GOT GOT GOT GOT Blood rush to my head lit hot lock

"Oh sorry, I didn't intend to ruin the moment, looks like Get Got from MC Ride and the Death Grips was still on pause." A, who was really proud in his patrician music taste, quickly switched to 'My Bloody Valentines' classic album 'Loveless' from 1991. "Better now?" "Look... we don't have to do this. I feel like your trying to procrastinate..." Mayuko was puzzled by his weird actions. "No, I wanna do this, I just want your first time to be perfect. Let me light these candles first. They're even scented. Look, vanilla!" He held the candle under her nose but she slapped it out of his hand. "Are you gonna fuck me or not?" Mayuko snapped at him. A was caught off guard by her sudden straightforwardness. "I- I'm sorry." His visibly shaking hand went for her panties, as he pulled them down slowly. A took one quick look at her entrance. "You like that, bitch?" He spat at it once, making Mayuko shriek. "W- what are you doing?" "But... that's what they always do in the movies!" A tried to defend his actions. "Stop watching your stupid movies and stick it in already, ... carefully"

A entered her with almost no resistance. For the first time in his life, he felt truly alive. Mayuko closed her eyes and let out a quiet moan. "I- I can stop if it hurts!" "No keep g- going... please!" Mayuko begged for her pleasure. A started to thrust slowly until they eventually got into a rythm. After a couple of minutes, A could feel himself getting closer to the end. "Just one more thrust!" A said our loud. "Me... too!" She buried her fingers into his neck, but the pain didn't bother him as he pulled out and covered her face with his load. The feeling of his load spraying her face was enough to send her over the edge giving her her first ever orgasm. "That was abolutely amazing, you weren't bad either." A joked, gleeming with joy. Mayuko struggled getting the mess out of her face and hair and layed back down into A's bed and covered herself with a blanket.

After some more unnessecary jokes, A realized that Mayuko was quietly sobbing underneath the blanket. "What's the matter? Didn't you like it?" She avoided his gaze, curling up into a little ball. "What's up? You can tell me." She looked up at him teary eyed and tried to say something but wasn't able to. "What is it? Are you thirsty?" A was concerned. Mayuko shook her head. She indicated A to climb into the bed with her, to wich he obliged. She buried her face in his neck and continued to cry for a while, until the crying was eventually replace by soft breathing. A didn't know what to make of the situation. He had to find out in the morning.

A woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside. "Stupid birds!" He thought. He realized Mayuko sleeping soundly next to him. He nudged her gently which caused her to wake up. "Good morning, beautiful" A greeted her with a warm smile. "Mornin'..." She said still half asleep. "Sooo... " A was trying to break the awkward silence. "About yesterday... won't you tell me about it?" Mayuko frowned. "I want to tell you... but I don't know how." A gave her an understanding smile. "It's okey, take your time." Mayuko hesitated. "Yesterday took a lot of effort for me... Back when I was a child..." She stopped speaking and a tear rolled down her face. "Mayuko?" A layed his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "You can tell me anything. I promise!" "S- so back when I was child... I had a stepdad. And he was always so nice and loving, but once I turned 10, he started coming into my room at night and wanted to 'play games' with me..." A was trying to find the right words: " I had no idea... was it just that one time?" "No... until I was twelve. And it was getting... worse and worse every time he... he visited me." "I just hope that he got his well deserved punishment!" A asked with a grim look on his face.

"Well... that depends. He disappared and presumably died. At least that's what my mother told me." "Have you ever told anyone about this?" A wondered. "No... not even my mother. And you have to promise that you won't tell anyone either!" Mayuko said distressed. "Your secret is save with me!" A assured her. "So where do we go from here? Are we a c- couple now?" "I- I don't know... do you want this?" Her face was shimmering red. "We could try, right?" A started grinning, leaned down and gave her a kiss on the forehead."

Today's the day, It's finally monday. I'm finally gonna confess my feelings to A. I even baked some cookies! And this time I made sure not to mix up salt and sugar, like the last time where I made cookies for Kitamura. He better likes vanilla! ... And why am I so nervous? I hope I won't ... huh?

Her train of thought was interrupted, when Taiga saw A giving Mayuko a lovely kiss. She stopped dead in her tracks.

Mayuko and A? I can't believe it, this can't be...

She instantly turned around and speechlessly ran home, where she threw away the cookies.

"Where's Taiga? I haven't seen her yet." A asked Mayuko, who was sitting at her desk. "No, but she should be back already from her trip. We should call her later." "Yeah, I guess so..." A confirmed.

After school, they tried to call Taiga but she didn't pick up. "I think we should visit her, I'm starting to get worried... " Horrible thoughts of what could have happend to her, tormented his mind. Half an hour went by as they arrived at her home but since Yasuko was at work, nobody was opening the door. "Come on, A, let's head home for now. She will probably be alright. " A wasn't convinced by the idea of leaving Taiga alone now. But he had no other choice. "I think you're right..." And with that, they headed back home.

Weeks went by but still no sight of Taiga. And her abscense was taking its toll on everyone, especially on A. He missed her smile, her shiny long hair and especially those perfect eyes. Everytime when he thought about her, he had chills on his arms. Only after she was gone for so long, he realized how much she meant to him.

"Hey, A? What are you sulking about? Christmas is right around the corner. You should be happy and having fun!" Mayuko said cheerfully and started rubbing A's neck, who was sitting on her bed. "I know, it's just... that I'm worried about Taiga." "All you've been talking about lately is how you miss her. Everything revolves around her in one way or another. What about me? I'm your girlfriend, not her!" Mayuko was tapping her foot impatiently. "It's just, that I care about her and you should too. Don't forget that she's our friend!" His words came down like a thunderstorm, raining down into her conscience. "Why don't you care about me instead?" "I do care about you, but Taiga is the one that needs our help now." A put on his sandals and went towards the front door. "Where do you think you're going?" Mayuko asked, while trying to prevent A from leaving by blocking the door. "I'm going to Taiga again. I don't wanna just sit here and do nothing." A shoved her to the side. "We went there every day for the last couple of weeks. If you leave now we are done!" He glanced at her and saw a fierce look on her eyes, knowing she was serious about it. He halted at the doorframe for a second before he left, leaving Mayuko in a pit of despair.

Taiga was laying in her bed curled up, drowning in her thoughts.

That stupid dream, I should have never listened to these empty lies!

"At least I still have you..." She whispered solemnly, looking over to Inko's cage.

"I- I- In- in- incompetent! The green bird croaked. Taiga sighed, turned around in her bed and is now facing the wall. "Maybe I should just take a little nap." She yawned. Right as she felt her eyes getting heavy, the ringing of the doorbell cut the melancholy silence like a knife. "Geez! It's that baka A again! Why won't he leave me alone? I'm certainly not going to open the door for that stupid!" She just couldn't bear facing him, after she saw him giving Mayuko that kiss a couple of weeks ago. The ringing and banging on the door suddenly stopped and Taiga felt relieved. "Phew, he's finally gone..." After a few minutes she heard a banging on her balkony door. Although the curtains were closed, she identified the silhouette behind the curtains by his mohawk: "Taiga? TAIGA?" "God, he's so annoying!" She grabbed her wooden blade and made her way to the balkony door. She pulled the curtains aside, just to see A standing on her balcony holding up a sign.

- You still have my umbrella -

"Are you kidding me? You're so dumb..." Taigas rage quickly turned into joy, as she read that silly sign which put a big smile on her face. She opened the balcony door and allowed him to step inside. "Don't you know that if someone doesn't answer the door, they don't wanna talk to you? " Taiga said, crossing her arms across her chest. "Where have you been the past few weeks, I've been worried sick about you all the time!" A explained the situation. "Why do you care about me? What's with your precious Mayuko?" A was baffled. "How'd you know about me and Mayuko? You weren't even at school." "I saw you two kissing the other day!" Taiga countered. "You knew?" A asked wide eyed. "I knew it the whole time! So now take your umbrella and get out already!" "I didn't come here for the umbrella, mind you! I just broke up with Mayuko!" Taiga was shook to the core. "Yo- you did what? Why?" She stammered. "Because... because the time we were together, I realized how slow time goes by when you are not around." A admitted. "Wh- what are you talking about, baka?" Taiga was blushing. "I realized that Mayuko was not the one my heart was seeking, in fact it's you it longs for. And it was you the whole time." A accumulated all his courage. "W- what do you think you're doing? First you break my heart and then you're visiting me to confess your feelings, like nothing happened? You should be ashamed!" Taiga was fuming. "How do you wanna make it up to me?" "I don't even know what you're talking about, unless..." A had big smile on his face. "... you fancy me too!" "Don't say stupid things like that, why should I have any feelings for a heartless pervert like y-" her ramble was interrupted, as A gave her a passionate kiss. Taiga, who was astonished by A's unexpected actions, soon returned the kiss. After the kiss ended, Taiga punched his arm. "Oww! What was that for?" "That's for ruining my chance of making the first step, baka!"

It was Christmas Eve and A was making his way over to Taiga; his new girlfriend's house. He still felt bad about Mayuko because she did nothing wrong and he and Taiga even tried apologizing to her. But she didn't accept the apology, not to anyones surprise.

A had a special gift for his newfound love. He and Taiga planned a trip to Disneyland. It was his gift to her and when she found out, she screamed in excitement and threw herself around him. But he had no idea of what she has for him. But before they would leave the next morning, Taiga and A would spend the evening together and maybe even go to KFC later that night, to fill up some of that empty stomach space.

A knocked on the door but he noticed the door already being cracked open. "Taiga?" A yelled into the darkened room. He stepped inside and turned on the light. He saw Taiga lying underneath the christmas tree. "Taiga? What are you doing there?" A asked amused. "What does it look like I'm doing, baka? I'm your present!" She stood up and revealed her bunny costume. She was wearing a short, red, skin-tight suit with white bunny ears, white wrist-bands, white high-heels and fishnet stockings. "D- do you like it?" Taiga was as red as her outfit. "Like it? I- I love it! You look even sexier in that outfit than you already did." A was stunned by Taigas lewd outfit. Even though she was wearing high heels, she was still extremely tiny. Her fishnet stockings defined her smooth legs. She walked up towards him and unbuttoned his long sleeved, black shirt. She took a long look at his rugged chest. "You like what you see?" A teased her. "Shut up!" Taiga ordered. Before A visited her she placed a scarf on her couch, which she planned on using as a blindfold for him. She grabbed the scarf and wrapped it around his eyes, tying it with a loose knot. "Wh- what are you doing?" A asked, a bit unsure of what the little girl had in store for him. "Do you trust me?" Taiga asked. A just nodded. "Good." She grabbed his tie and pulled him into her bedroom. Once they arrived, she threw him onto her bed, sat on top and started sucking on his lower lip. After a while she could feel him getting hard. "Looks like you're enjoying it!" She said happily. After a while she started unbuckling his belt, and quickly took off his pants, leaving him in only his black boxers with two white stripes on each side. She could see his battering ram through the boxers and stroked it a few times. A rested his head on the wall and enjoyed every moment. Then Taiga suddenly stopped stroking him, making him groan in disapointment. He tried taking off the blindfold but Taiga stopped him. "Not yet!" Taiga said. After a short while, he felt her untying the blindfold and he saw her standing completely naked in front of him. "How can you be so cute and hot at the same time?" A was in awe. Never had he seen a girl that beautiful before. "Why don't you make yourself useful?" Taiga asked. "What do you want me to do?" A was clueless. She layed down on the bed next to him and spread her legs apart. A gulped. "I- I've never done this" "Just lick it already!" Taiga demanded. He slowly lowered his head and stopped inches away from her entrance. He could see that she was already wet as he started licking her. He didn't know what to do exactly so he just flicked his tongue to and fro. But it seemed to work as Taiga's moans were getting more intense and she started to breath more eratically. Fortunately, A's hawk eyes spotted a bunch of ice cubes inside an half empty glass of water. Unbeknownst to Taiga, he reached out for the glass and took out one of the ice cubes. He carefully tried to push it inside her main hole. Taiga twitched and screamed out in surprise, but didn't stop A from pushing the frozen water inside her. She could feel herself getting closer. The cold sensation inside her made her hornier than anything she had ever experienced before. "I'm - I'm I'm coming!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and arched her back as she came all over A's face covering him in her juice. "Tha- that was amazing!" She said huskily after catching her breath. "You're such a good dog, you deserve a treat!" Taiga turned herself around to present A her snatch. "Now, come and get it, but be gentle!" She said, wiggling her ass. A grabbed her by the waist and entered her carefully. "Y- you feeling alright?" "It feels great." Taiga responded. He started with slow thrusts, eventually picking up his pace. A started spanking her little, round, tight ass leaving red marks on her. The only sound echoing throughout the house, was his hand violently crashing down on her and her moans. A was ready to unload his gun. "I can't hold it anymore!" "Don't even think about coming inside me!" Taiga warned him. A was pulling out his ticking time bomb, while Taiga kneeled in front of him, opening her mouth and sticking out her tongue. His cum entered her mouth like a torpedo. She picked up the remaining load from the edge of her mouth with her finger and sucked on it.

"Merry Christmas, baka!" Taiga said with a big smile "So what about KFC now?"