AN: Just wanted to let you all know that this chapter has been edited because when I originally wrote it, Kyosuke had a motorcycle BUT he's only 15! In Japan, you have to be 16 so I realized my mistake in that. He''ll get a cool motorcycle soon, but not in these chapters...yet. lol!

"Haruka, you can't impose yourself on him! That's bad manners! What are you thinking?"

Haruka pouted as Masami continued to scold her. She had expressed her desire to befriend Kyosuke and she was brainstorming ideas but Masami insisted that her behavior was borderline obsessive, which Haruka claimed was completely untrue.

"Look, Haruka, I don't know what's gotten into you but if I didn't know better, I'd say that you're romantically interested in that guy."

Haruka sputtered, speechless and incredulous. She didn't know how to respond to Masami's accusation.

Masami's lecture was interrupted when they noticed some students crowding around the balcony.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, but it looks interesting. Let's go look!"

Haruka and Masami shoved their way to the front of the balcony and Haruka was surprised to see Kyosuke and another person sprinting through the halls and down the stairs.

"What was that?" Masami gasped, "Wasn't that the Kyosuke guy?"

"It was!"

Haruka pushed through the crowd in an attempt to follow Kyosuke but she was stopped by an underclassman, who was holding her back.

"Sorry, but you can't go there. The Stride club is practicing."

"Stride club?"

Helpless, Haruka waited until practice was over to find Kyosuke but she couldn't find him.

The next day, Haruka visited the track field where the Stride club members were practicing jumping over obstacles of various sizes. She approached the captain and cleared her throat to get his attention.

"Um...is Koga Kyosuke here?" she asked.

"Huh? Kyosuke? Yeah, that's him over there. Oi, Kyosuke! There's a girl is here to see you!"

Everyone was surprised that someone had come to see Kyosuke. The captain left when Kyosuke arrived; Kyosuke's expression was hard to read

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

Haruka tried hard not to flinch at Kyosuke's tone of voice.

"Um...I didn't know that you were in a club."

"Of course not. We're not friends; we're barely acquaintances."

Haruka was struck by Kyosuke's harsh words. Still, she tried to smile.

"I see. I'm sorry for bothering you," she noticed that Kyosuke was drenched in sweat and she quickly let her hair down, "Here, use this. I don't know how much help it will be but I'm sure it will at least keep your hair in check."

She hastily placed her hair tie in his hand and bowed before walking away, wiping her eyes in an attempt to keep her tears at bay.