Asakura Chizuru ran down the school corridor. She swung open the classroom door brutally, which made the students in the class looked at her in shock. Her eyes searched for the teacher's existence.
"Where's the teacher?"
She asked in relief to her 'neighbour' as she sat on her seat.
"The teacher's on relief. Why are you late by the way?"
The boy who was reading a book turned to her.
"Really!? How many days!? And, no reason."
She tidied her messy hair caused by the running.
"A week, as that was what i heard. No reason? It's mostly you went to see the tree didn't you?"
"A week!? And no relief teacher? Wow...Yes and no, i came out of my house late so i only passed by it."
"Not sure, no teacher's coming in. And you're late because you came out of your house late?"
He asked in disbelief.

"'Kay. Not really, i met a kid...with a balloon stuck on a tree..."
"And you helped the kid take back the balloon, right?"
"Yes..."
She nodded.
"Is that tree really tall?"
"No, why?"
"Don't tell me you used half an hour to climb a tree, grab a balloon, and give it to a kid..."
"N...Well, yes, yes i did."
"You amaze me."
He sighed.
"Yes, yes, now continue reading your book. Shoo, shoo..."
The boy sighed and continue reading his book.

The girl remembered what happened just now, she had found another person who came from the past like Toshi-san. He is...


"There you go, your balloon."
The girl handed the balloon to a sobbing child.
"Thank you..."
The child wiped his tears and grabbed the balloon.
"You're welcome, you should go home now."
"Mommy called me to wait here while she go to the restroom..."
The kid looked down.
"Since when?"
She asked worried, wishing he was not an abandoned child.
"10 minutes ago...Mommy said her stomach hurts and went to the restroom..."

"Let's wait together! Little kid!"
A man with short black hair and light brown eyes patted the kid's head. The kid turned to him, the man gave a heart-warming smile, which made the girl thought of some anime character.
"But..."
"I'll wait too!"
The girl smiled to the kid.

The older two sat on a bench while the youngest was looking at ants crawling under a tree.
"I'm Isami, nice to meet you!"
The man introduced himself to the girl.
"Ah...um..."
The girl hesitated whether to introduce herself.
"Heh, sorry, i always pick the wrong time and situation to introduce myself. Haha..."
The man laughed. They fell into silence.

"Isami...Kondou-san?"
The girl gathered her courage and said. She looked at the man, he was showing a shocked expression.
"How do you..."
"MOMMY!"
The kid suddenly yelled in excitement, which made the duo looked at his way.
"Oh, my son, did i make you wait? I'm so sorry..."
The woman hugged her son.

"Thank you so much for taking care of my son."
"It's okay."
"No big deal."
After the mother-son went home, the girl then realised she was going to be late for school.
"Kondou-san! Meet me tomorrow morning at 6am at XX park, please!"
She then started running to school, leaving the confused man behind.


*Next morning*
"Toshi-san! Oh, I'm so glad you came..."
The girl stood up in excitement as she saw the man.

"...Asakura...What's the matter?"

"No, nothing..."

She wasn't sure was Kondou-san going to come...

The two sat on their usual place, no talking, just thinking deeply.

"AH!"
The girl shouted in excitement as she saw Kondou-san walking in the waved her arm to attract his attention. The man realized her and walked towards her with a wide smile.
"Thank you for coming!"
A huge smile appeared on her face. The silent man sitting on the bench frowned as he doesn't know what was happening.
"Come on, stand up."
She pulled the silent man up.
"Let me introduce, this is Hijikata Toshizou, and this is Kondou Isami."
She said with a wide smile. Both man was startled.
"Toshi..."
"Kondou-san..."
Both said the others name in sync.
"Toshi!"
Kondou-san hugged the other happily, holding back tears of joy. The other was shocked at first, but then accepted the hug.

The two sat on the bench while the girl stood under the tree with her thoughts and happiness.
"Haha, I'm so glad you're okay!"
Kondou said in relief.
"Yeah, I'm glad that i can still meet you here."
"Oh come on! It's not like i died...oh wait, i did, hahaha"
"You're still as cheerful as ever..."
Hijikata smiled.

"Oh yeah, how's Yukimura-kun?"
"I don't know, i couldn't find her nor anyone."
"Me too..."
"Hey, I'm going to school now! See you guys sometimes!"
The girl said and started running.
"Asakura!"
Hijikata called for her. She stopped and turn to him, "what?"
"Thank you."
"Your welcome!"
She smiled and continued running.


Woo hoo!
Hijikata met Kondou!

And just to tell you, please don't think that Asakura is Yukimura Chizuru...because they are not!
I don't care if you think this is a spoiler, but to me, no...just telling you guys that Asakura is not ending up with anyone...this is not really a romance story!

Okay...stay tuned!