The next morning Budo woke up to a beautiful Friday morning. As his eyes adjusted to the sunlight he remembered the wondrous time he had last night. Budo quickly hid his face in his pillow as he recalled Ayano's cute face and hearing her adorable voice calling his name.

"Budo… Budo!..."

Eventually, Budo looked up from his pillow and turned to face where Ayano had slept, expecting her to still be sleeping but she wasn't there. Panicking, Budo shot up from the bed scanned around the room. "Ayano?"

Ayano had just walked out of her bathroom in her uniform and her shirt unbuttoned. She had just finished taking a shower and did not realized that Budo had called out to her. Ayano sat in the corner of her bed and began to button up her shirt. However, Ayano noticed that her shirt seemed a bit tight around her chest.

'Did they get bigger?'

'Nah I seriously doubt that, mother said she was already a D cup when she was my age.

...'

"Ayano!" Budo sighed in relief. He pounced on her and hugged her tight as he laid on her bed.

"Ayano…" Budo breathed in Ayano's scent and smiled.

"Eh! Budo what are you doing?" Ayano was startled by Budo's sudden embrace.

Budo paid no attention to her, instead he looked at Ayano's scarred back on her perfectly formed body. Sending pleasurable shivers down his own spine. In his eyes those scars made her even more beautiful. Ayano was more than just an ordinary girl, she was a survivor and Bundo wanted to know more about Ayano to love every single aspect of her. Normal people would feel disgusted if they ever saw her scars but Budo took it as a privilege to see such beauty. It could only mean that they were meant to be.

As Ayano was finishing putting her other stocking on she felt a pair of warm lips on her back.

The sudden gesture made her heart skipped a beat again but she looked back at Budo unfazed. He was kissing every scar on her back. His breath leaving a warm sensation wherever he touched. Budo then looked up at Ayano,the passion in his eyes was undeniable and Ayano slowly felt herself inching closer to his lips. Ayano felt a warm sensation in her heart, something that she never felt in the presence of her mother.

"Ayano…" Budo started but Ayano snapped out of her trance and got up.

"Come on Budo we're going to be late for school." Ayano said as she tossed Budo his now clean clothes and quickly did her hair. Budo had never been late to school. His position as club leader never allowed it.

"Crap!" Budo said as he quickly put on his uniform, Ayano peeped at Budo as he pulled up his pants. She wanted to touch his toned bare skin… Ayano's vision started to become hazy until she remembered the reason why she was sleeping with the martial arts club leader for. ...Taro-senpai...

Ayano gasped at the thought. She had almost forgotten. To distract herself, Ayano ran downstairs and quickly took out a bento she had already prepared in the fridge.

Ayano couldn't figure out why she had thought of someone else other than her senpai... It almost seemed like she started to love Taro-Senpai less…

"Impossible" Ayano said as she put on her shoes and began to walk out the door.

"Ayano! Wait !"

Budo jumped down the stairs and chased after her.

After locking her door Ayano and Budo ran with all their might. After all they both had a reputation to uphold.

Ayano the mysterious innocent beauty and Budo the honorable and kind-hearted club leader.

As they were running Ayano would surpass Budo by a couple of feet, Budo noticed that Ayano was also incredibly fast. He stared in awe as her hair flowed freely in the wind. Her feet seemed to barely touch the ground.

Ayano's P.O.V.

The school was just in my sight, some students were still walking in and there were still two minutes left before they closed the gates. I slowed down my pace to catch my breath and not appear as a giant mess as I walked into the school. Budo was already walking by the time I looked back at him. As we walked inside the school gates I noticed Taro-Senpai leaning against the tree. He appeared to be waiting for someone. My heart began thumping wildly, I usually never get to see him until lunch time.

"Hey you guys!" Senpai smiled as he walked over to us.

'Oh..my..gosh… he's walking towards us! What do I say?"

I looked over at Budo and he looked surprised to see Senpai there.

"Hi Taro, what's up?" Budo smiled at his best friend.

"Nothing much. I'm just glad it's Friday." Taro said as a gentle wind ruffled his hair.

He then looked at me, I could feel my face warm up. "G-good morning Taro-senpai!"

I bowed politely as I spoke. When I looked up at Senpai I saw the smallest blush creep onto his perfectly handsome face.

"G-good morning Aishi-chan."

Budo's P.O.V.

I felt a sickening feeling forming in the pit of my stomach. I hated the vibes that Ayano and Taro were radiating whenever they were was seeing an adorable side of Ayano that she never showed me at school at all. She always acted calm and collect when she's with me. Except when they were alone together, during those times Ayano was the most cutest girl he had ever seen. But he wanted to show the world that they were a very in love couple.

"It feels sickening doesn't it? It would be so much easier if that son of a bitch wasn't around. You could kill him just like you killed Arisa. It was so easy."

I shook his head in disbelief. 'Where did these thoughts come from? They felt so sinister, as if it were another person inside my head.'

"So how come you guys came in together? Did you guys meet on the way here?" Taro asked, bringing me back to reality.

I stared at him for a bit. It was rare for Taro to ask so many personal questions. He usually kept to himself for the most part.

"Actually.." I began to say, I wanted to tell him so bad that I stayed at Ayano's house and let his imagination figure out the rest.

"Yes we did. We were both in a hurry and we met up along the way." I stared at Ayano in disbelief. She just stared at Taro with an innocent smile.

'Why did you lie?' It's ok to say we spend the night at your house. Since we are a coup… wait we aren't officially going out…'

There was a sharp pain stabbing me in the chest, I gave Ayano a painful look but she just continued to smile cheerfully at Taro.

My eyesight started to become hazy as I felt a sudden rage built up inside me. I'm sorry Ayano but I can't stand to see you make that face at him...I have to kill…

"Budo-SENPAI!" The sudden yell brought me back from my thoughts. I almost jumped as I recognized the voice. It was Mina, I could see her figure heading towards us and she did not looked pleased.

"I...I'll see you later Budo… Bye." Taro quickly walked ahead, he was not good with confrontations. But before he left he whispered something in Ayano's ear. She quickly nodded her head which made Taro grin,, "Alright Aya-chan, I'll see you later." I looked at him with hatred. What the fuck did he just call Ayano? 'Aya-chan?' What the hell has gotten into him?

And what does he say to Ayano?

I looked back to Ayano and she looked back at me. "I'll see you later at practice Budo-kun" She gave me a mischievous wink before walking away.

...

"Senpai could you please explain to me where you've been all week? You've have been skipping club activities for a couple of days and now no ones putting in much effort in their training. What have you been doing?" Mina was frustrated that her perfect Senpai was not around often as he used to be. Ever since that Ayano Aishi showed up, Budo hasn't been paying attention to his duties...or her.

Budo turned his blushing face away from her, he could not give her an honest answer as it would be very inappropriate of the club leader to skip practice to have sex. Budo composed himself before looking back at Min with stern eyes. Those same eyes that made her heart skip a beat. The fierce look in his eyes was the same as when he was practicing.

"Something important came up so I wasn't able to show up for club activities... I'll be there today so you can tell the others that they better give it their all."

Budo didn't realize that he had skipped so much practice till now, however skipping a few days wasn't so bad because he had spent them with Ayano.

"If that's all then I'm going. I don't want to be late for class." Budo's voice was cold and sent shivers up Mina's spine.

"You changed Senpai." Budo stopped walking and looked back at Mina, unfazed by her words.

"What?" Budo asked, there was a certain attitude to his voice.

"Ever since that Ayano Aishi showed up you no longer behave like the honorable Martial Arts leader of Academi High. Every student respected you because you were honest and kind and know it just seems that you just live for her" Mina tried her best from choking on her words. But the pain was too unbearable.

"Don't talk like you know her. You don't know anything about her, Ayano needs me and I want to be by her side. And if my time with her interferes with my club activities I'll try to make it up with extra lessons. And if I were you, I would refrain from speaking ill of others Mina" Budo turned his back to her and continued walking to class, while Mina stood petrified. Budo would have never spoken to her that way. Ever since Mina joined his club all Budo ever did was praise her for her efforts, even of she wasn't the best in the club when she had first joined. This lead her to train everyday, so that one day she would be his equal. And then a thought came into her mind.

'Was it Ayano that needed him or was it that Budo needed Ayano?'

As Budo became only a small figure in the distance only one thought came to Mina,'That Ayano Aishi is going to pay.'

….

Ayano cheerfully walked into class as nothing could ruin her day now. Before going up Senpai asked her to eat lunch on the roof with him. Her heart beated quickly at the thought of feeding Senpai her bento. She always made extra food hoping that one day she had the privilege of feeding Taro-senpai.

Ayano stared out the window patiently waiting for lunch to come.

…

Budo tapped his foot impatiently, he didn't have second period with Taro and he wanted to ask him what he told Ayano. "Why were they so secretive? It's not like they have talked before so why now?" Budo hadn't noticed that he was biting his thumb really hard that it started to bleed. When Budo did notice he didn't seem bothered by it all all. He looked at the blood and pictured holding Taro's lifeless body.

Once again Budo snapped out of it, he couldn't figure out why he wanted to harm his best friend. Taro had always been there when he needed him the most. But the bleeding would not stop.

"Sensei, may I please go to the nurse?"

Budo asked showing her his bloodied thumb. She quickly excused him and told him not to come back until the bleeding had stopped. As he walked by his peers Budo heard a group of girls talking amongst themselves,

"Have you seen Arina-chan?"

"No, she's usually never late."

"I wonder if something happened to her, she told me she was going to confess to Taro-kun yesterday." Budo smirked as he walked past them.

In the infirmary as Budo cleaned and bandaged his wound, he could see the track field outside and saw some 2nd years in the middle of P.E. one of them happened to be Ayano. Budo stared at her intently, tracing her form with his finger on the glass.

His heart was only clouded with the thought of Ayano. At first he only thought of her as just a reserved, quiet girl that seemed to be pretty good at martial arts. But he later found himself seeing her as his other half.

Budo cherished the memories of their first time together. His fingers touching every part of her body. His hand running through Ayano's hair. She smelled like lavender. A scent he could never get enough of. He never felt this way about anyone in his life. Plenty of girls confessed to him in the past but he had always turned them down. None of the girls ever made his heart beat the way Ayano did.

Not even Taro's old girlfriend, Sakura. She was the most beautiful girl from their middle school and her body was much mature than the rest of the girls. When she confessed to him, she told him that she never liked Taro but him instead. He despised her for doing that to his best friend and told her he never wanted to see her again. Soon after he rejected her, she cheated on Taro with another guy.

Budo stored that memory behind him and stared at the girl in front of him. He couldn't really understand it but he knew that they were meant for each other. Budo pictured himself having a beautiful life with her after high school. Marrying her, having wonderful children and teaching them his martial art skills. He also wanted to open a dojo of his own. He didn't know what Ayano wanted to be after high school but he would let her be whatever she wanted as long as she would return to him every night. There was nothing wrong with this future, he didn't ask for too much so everything should work out in the end. He wouldn't have it any other way.

…

The lunch bell rang and Ayano quietly but hurriedly walked to the rooftop.

'Senpai said to meet him near the bench where he used to sit with Osana. This time no one will get between me and my Senpai, not even Budo.

Ayano thought as she hurried up the stairs to the school's rooftop. When she got there Senpai was already waiting there with a smile on his face.

"Senpai…" He waited for me. Ayano could hear her heartbeat hammering in her chest, she was sure Senpai could hear it as well.

"Aishi-chan, I saved a seat for you." Taro said as he patted the seat next to him.

Ayano quickly sat down holding her bento in her lap. She made a lot of octopus hotdogs in the school's cooking club hoping to have enough to share with Senpai.

Taro-Senpai took out a black bento box and opened it. It looked very plain, half of the box was rice and the other half was vegetables and a roll of egg omelet. Ayano looked happy as she opened hers and offered some of her octo-hotdogs to Taro on a toothpick. With a blushing smile Taro ate it off the toothpick.

"Wow, you're a really good cook Ayano! How did you learn how to make such delicious foods?

"Oh! I'm self taught." Ayano giggled. She was happy that she could have a normal conversation with her Senpai. However, because she could only think of her senpai she was unaware of a certain blonde girl staring at her with a sour face.