A/N: First of all, Happy New Year everyone!. I just finished the chapter and I felt like giving this little gift to all of you. I think it's a good way to start the year. Btw, I was watching the first season when writing parts of this so I feel renewed.
Syaoran Li Clow: I love KumiRei that much that I just can't stop loving them like a bunch of ppl had done. Oh well jealous Reina is awesome Reina and well, Kumiko is just hurt, not that pissed actually. I'm sure you will enjoy this chap.
anumita .chakrabarty: Possessive Reina is sexy, lol. Btw your last chapter's comment inspired the title of this chap.
kurei555: I bet you're familiar with Britney Spears 'work bitch' song right? well if Reina wants a piece of our gay euphonium she has to work for it, lol. Happy new year for you too.
AmandaFKlaus: Oh jealous Reina, it's such a pleasure to toy with her. You'll see what I'm talking about. Thanks for reading.
Irza: Well the bento is still uneaten, starting auction for Reina's bento coming up next, lol.
maizcorn: Drama is coming, Reina won't have it easy this time, Kumiko deserves to be wooed too.
Theterriblesome: Granted! here's a new chapter but AsuKumi, well...how do I put this...I'm just not a fan. I'm one of those 1% that sees Asuka as manipulative and selfish but keep your hopes up, at least I deliver way more than KyoAni, lol.
anon: Well Kumiko hadn't accepted yet, she's still thinking on it so...Reina will grow I'm making sure of it.
OTrizy: Granted!, Kumiko Asuka moments that I can do! but for next chapter.
Oh, before I forget. I'm planning a surprise with another author for this fandom. A new story that will be published soon. We're currently working on the 4th chapter, as soon as we work some things out, I will update you on this.
Warning: Introducing the most useless character ever just to irk Reina, Tsukamoron Shoe-itchy. OMG I'm still laughing with this.
Enjoy!
5.- Volcano
The collision was inevitable due to the people involved; that's why two girls fell on the floor with a loud thud after crashing into each other. One of them was a brunette with upset purple orbs and the other a blonde with green eyes and a distinctive bow on top of her head.
"Kousaka, what the hell?" Yuuko exclaimed while being helped up by a chuckling Natsuki.
"That's not the way to treat the new president" the auburn haired second year teased "despite how infuriating she could be"
"I…am sorry" Reina bowed respectfully before walking away to be stopped by a hand grabbing her wrist.
"Kousaka, we have a meeting after class" Yuuko added in a serious tone "let Oumae-san and the others in her class know"
"O…of course" the memory of this morning's dream flashed in Reina's head and her hair fluttered when she took a step back and her cheeks tinted in a dark shade of pink "now if you ex…excuse me" the trumpeter bowed one more time before rushing towards the place she was sure to find Kumiko.
"Whoa…that was interesting" Natsuki added with an amused chuckle while looking at Reina rushing towards the stairs.
"What?" Yuuko asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing" Natsuki patted the blonde trumpeter on the head before walking away "I'll tell you when you're older"
"Sure" it took Yuuko a few seconds to realize that she was being teased "hey! Come back here" the blonde chased after the now laughing auburn haired second-year.
Reina took a deep breath to calm herself down. She thought that she still had some sort of confident image to preserve. The trumpeter really believed that she was still that driven and ambitious person but, after her confession during the nationals, everybody could see how insecure and weak she was. The strong façade was gone, her mask was broken.
Regardless the mess she created, what Kousaka Reina couldn't bear was the thought of being away from her close friend. Kumiko was her first real friend and it was causing her pain to be this distant with the auburn haired euphonium player.
According to the trumpeter's point of view, Kumiko was behaving distant with her because she wasn't that supportive like she stated. The problem was that Reina also wasn't sure about those so-called feelings anymore. She had been crushing over her sensei for so long that the trumpeter wasn't sure if she was confusing admiration with love.
Come to think of it, I don't picture myself touching or even hugging Taki-sensei besides, I have never blushed this horribly for anybody but Kumiko, could it be that…?, purple eyes widened and cheeks blushed once more.
It can't be, slender fingers covered her open mouth and the trumpeter stopped dead in her tracks.
People stated that denial was the first step of accepting a problem, but they'd never experienced Kousaka Reina's stubbornness. The trumpeter would stay in that state of discrepancy unless facts were shoved in her face. It was her defense mechanism, after all. Effective or not, it was the only way Reina found to deal with complicated situations.
The trumpeter closed her eyes and flicked her hair before sighing. Feeling her emotions a little more under control, Reina walked around the corner of the school building to face Kumiko and Asuka.
Her surprise was big when she didn't find them there. The spot was completely empty, like they hadn't been there at all.
Where are they? I didn't take me that long to come here from my classroom, but that collision with Yuuko-senpai.
Not a moment later, the bell indicating the end of lunch break rang and Reina was torn between going back to her classroom or head towards Kumiko's to deliver their senpai's message.
Oh.
The trumpeter looked troubled and needed to let some steam off so screaming her lungs out in the back of the school building was cathartic. After shouting her frustrations for several seconds, the trumpeter felt a little better but the bitter feeling in the pit of her stomach remained.
Reina assumed that was because she hadn't had anything to eat since the night before. In the rush of making an excellent bento with the best of her questionable cooking skills, the trumpeter forgot to eat breakfast and she had also skipped lunch. A slight headache was building up but the trumpeter ignored it and went back to the building to see Kumiko and transmit the message from their senpais.
The trumpeter was a weak girl when she was younger. After passing out without a reason on different occasions, her parents took her to the doctor that diagnosed her with a light case of hypoglycemia that, added to her low blood pressure was a very delicate condition if she didn't eat properly.
Having skipped breakfast and lunch, Reina was pushing her luck. So, when her hand slipped from the handrail of the stairs and head felt extremely lightheaded, the trumpeter sighed annoyed, she definitely knew this could happen but she didn't care, all her energy was focused in finding Kumiko.
Come on Reina, you are stronger than this, the trumpeter thought while taking another step.
"Kousaka-san, are you all right?" a male voice asked from behind.
"Oh, it's you" Reina couldn't contain her annoyance with the boy "I'm fine, Tsukamoto-kun" it only took her two more seconds to realize that in fact, she was not okay at all.
When the world started blacking out and Reina felt like flying, it was already too late and her eyes rolled back while falling backwards. The trumpeter had blacked out while climbing up the stairs.
Being a considerable distance away on the stair's landing, the boy tried to reach the trumpeter but he wasn't fast enough and Reina landed on her right arm and a subtle crack was heard. Shuuichi approached the fainted girl and tried to wake her but it was pointless, the trumpeter had lost consciousness.
Kumiko was coming back from the bathroom when she heard a loud thud coming from the stairs nearby. When she saw who fainted and who was trying to wake her beloved trumpeter, she lost it and in less than two seconds the euphonium player was next to the pair on the floor. Soon, the boy was roughly shoved aside and Reina's body rested on Kumiko's arms.
"What did you do to her?" every word was pronounced in a very dangerous tone and the trombonist gulped.
"Nothing, I swear" Shuuichi quickly replied "I just asked her if she was all right and she told me that she was fine and then she fainted"
"Are you sure that was all that happened?" golden eyes sparked with fury and the trombonist cringed.
"Yes" Shuuichi stood before extending her arms towards the two girls "let me carry her to the nurse's office, is that okay with you?" recognizing her own weakness Kumiko nodded and carefully released the fainted trumpeter from her embrace.
Shuuichi carried Reina bridal style and rushed down to the nurse's office. He didn't want to be around when the trumpeter woke up, they just didn't get along, mostly because he liked Kumiko and Reina, well, she was a jealous and possessive friend that just didn't like him near the euphonium player for unknown reasons.
After placing the trumpeter on a bed in the empty infirmary, he promptly left leaving the two girls alone. Kumiko texted Midori to let their teacher know about her whereabouts and then she covered Reina's body with a blanket and indulged herself by exploring every inch of the trumpeter's face with her golden orbs while sitting next to the bed.
How is it possible that a girl could be this beautiful? Her hair color matches perfectly her skin tone, her lashes are so long and pretty and those eyes, I can die for a look of love coming from those purple pools. God, I'm such a dork, Kumiko thought while sighing softly.
The auburn haired girl's right hand had a mind of her own and brushed Reina's bangs from her forehead and then her fingers went down the trumpeter's nose bridge and touched Reina's upper lip that slightly bounced just like Kumiko's during the Agata Festival.
Without thinking, the euphonium player leaned forward and when her lips landed on the trumpeter's forehead, Kumiko's heart skipped a beat. Purple orbs opened groggily when the auburn haired player was withdrawing and their eyes locked. Soon, Reina's cheeks burned and assuming it was due to a fever, Kumiko leaned forward one more time until their foreheads touched.
Sparks flew everywhere and Reina wanted to sink deeper in the bed to avoid the sudden contact that was making her heart beat like crazy and drove her mind into frenzy, but her body refused to move and she just stared at Kumiko with wide eyes.
"You don't have a fever but you are a little warm" the auburn haired added softly while sitting back on the chair by the bed with a flushed face.
Thank God you're fine I was so worried, the auburn haired player quickly thought when the trumpeter looked at her one more time and the pink on her cheeks softened.
"Kumiko" Reina softly called.
"Yes?" the euphonium player replied with slight concern.
"Can we…ouch!" Reina winced when she tried to sit on the bed and her right wrist couldn't hold her weight and it hurt terribly. With her left hand she sat and raised her right hand to look at it closely.
Her right wrist was swollen and a big bruise covered the area that spread from the wrist to half of the back of her hand. While trying to move her fingers, Reina felt like her skin was tearing inside and she winced one more time.
"Oh no" Kumiko gasped horrified while the nurse entered the infirmary.
"What seems to be the problem?" the blonde nurse asked while approaching a teary Reina who raised her wrist.
"Oh, let me take a look" the nurse took a good look at the injury before turning to Kumiko "what happened?"
"Apparently she blacked out while climbing up the stairs and fell" the euphonium player explained with a hint of concern in her voice while the nurse nodded and continued examining the trumpeter's injure.
"And it looks that you landed on your wrist" the woman commented out loud while applying some pressure and Reina flinched, making Kumiko's heart hurt "well, it isn't fractured so let's put some ice on it to reduce the swelling and then I'll bandage it"
"How long do I have to be like this?" Reina asked with concern.
"You'll need to go to the hospital so a doctor can see you and tell you all about it, he might even put a light cast on it" the nurse walked to the door "I'll go get the ice" the blonde woman left leaving the two girls alone.
"Everything's going to be fine, Reina" Kumiko reassured her with a smile.
"Were you the one that brought me here?" the trumpeter wondered and the auburn haired girl cringed.
"No"
"Then, who was it?" now the trumpeter was curious.
"Shuuichi" it wasn't more than a whisper but for the soloist it felt like a slap on the face.
Oh that is just great, Reina thought while sighing clearly annoyed.
A/N: OMG I have this feeling Reina is gonna come haunting me. Review?