Author's Note: Yay, I'm actually posting this up on time! For those of you who haven't noticed, I put a list of when I expect to update each of my stories on my profile.

Well, not much else to say today, except thank you to my reviewers!

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The next day, Sana made sure that she woke up on time, got ready, rushed through her breakfast, and bounded out the door and through the gate, telling Rei that she was going to walk to school today because it was faster. Then, she came face to face with Akito and almost ran into him.

"Oh! Akito! What are you doing here?" she asked, surprised. She hadn't been expecting to see him until she got to school.

Akito simply shrugged, saying nothing, but Sana didn't mind. She practically leaped towards him, wrapping her arms around him. He tensed for a moment, not really expecting her to do that, but after a few seconds, he slowly returned the hug.

"Walk me to school?" she asked with a hopeful grin. Akito nodded, and she stepped back and held out her hand. When he simply stared at it, she said, "You're supposed to hold it, silly!"

Akito rolled his eyes. 'It's not like I didn't know that. It's just… Weird. Being a couple and all. But I guess I'll have to get used to it. After all, Sana's my… Girlfriend… Now.' It had been as strange for Akito to get used to the thought of them being a couple as it had been for Sana the night before.

Akito slowly reached towards Sana's hand and slipped his own into it, watching as Sana's smile grew wider and she started humming as they walked towards the Jr. High School.

When they got onto school grounds, a lot of the other kids were staring at them and whispering. They were surprised, but at the same time, they all knew it would happen sooner or later.

"Hey Sana, hey Akito!" Tsuyoshi yelled, walking towards them with his girlfriend.

"Hi Tsuyoshi!" Sana said, waving with her free hand.

Akito just looked at him, half hoping he wouldn't notice that they were holding hands. It seemed so strange. Sure, he had kissed her before… Three times actually, before last night. But this was different. This was Sana's choice. This was them being a couple.

However, Akito's prayers went unanswered, and he watched as Tsuyoshi's eyes went straight to their hands. "Finally!" he shouted, and the other three turned to him.

"Huh? Finally what?" Sana asked, as clueless as ever.

"Oh… Nothing," Tsuyoshi said.

When her boyfriend yelled, Aya had looked around to see what it was about and had noticed Sana and Akito, too. Now she was smiling and saying, "Sana, could I please talk to you for a minute?"

Sana nodded and followed Aya, while Akito got dragged away by Tsuyoshi. Fuka had appeared just before they got pulled opposite ways, too, and went along with Aya and Sana.

"So, you and Akito are finally a couple, Girl?" Fuka asked, getting straight to the point.

Sana blushed, but she still nodded. Then, she noticed something. "What do you mean by 'finally?' That's what Tsuyoshi said a minute ago, too."

Fuka pulled out her fan and hit Sana lightly with it. "We all knew it would happen sooner or later. Why do you think I actually broke up with him?"

Sana frowned at the reminder that her best friend and current boyfriend had been dating for a while. "You mean… It was my fault?" she asked sadly.

"Your fault? What do you mean by that? I just wanted you two to be happy!" Fuka replied.

"Oh… Well, I'm happy now!" Sana said, beaming.

"Yeah, and I can tell that Akito is, too," Aya said, finally getting her input.

Fuka and Sana glanced over to Akito.

"Yeah, I guess so," Sana said, amazed.

Fuka, just as amazed but for a different reason, asked, "How can you guys ever tell how he's feeling? He looks exactly the same all the time!"

Sana and Aya shrugged. "I guess we've just known him for long enough to be able to tell," Sana said. Then she remembered everything she had thought about last night, with 'cracking the Akito Hayama code,' and she felt happiness surge through her all over again.

Noticing how their friend somehow now had an even bigger smile on her face, Fuka and Aya looked at her questioningly. Sana's only reply was a mischievous grin that told them she wasn't about to say anything.

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Meanwhile, with Akito, Tsuyoshi was making him explain everything that had happened. And that meant everything, every word and action. He seemed like more of a gossip than the girls right now, but that was because he had been the first person to know that Akito liked Sana and had been waiting for him to tell her since the middle birthday party the year before.

Obviously, Akito couldn't tell him about how he had somehow switched bodies with her and about how they switched back when she kissed him, but he figured he could tell his friend about everything else. So he did. Akito felt weird talking about it, but Tsuyoshi had been his best friend for as long as he could remember.

"And then… She told me she loved me," Akito said, a hint of a smile showing on his face.

Tsuyoshi gasped.

"What's that about?" Akito asked, his face returning to its usual expressionless state.

"You… You smiled!" Tsuyoshi yelled. He couldn't even remember the last time Akito had smiled, because it was so rare. Unfortunately, he was so surprised that he yelled louder than expected, and everyone else that was outside looked over at them. People that didn't know Akito simply turned back around and continued their conversations, but those that did know him ran over and started staring.

Akito shrugged uncomfortably, wishing everyone wasn't staring at him. Then he saw Sana pushing through the crowd, having to hit some of them with her mallet. "Out of the way, coming through!" she shouted. "Hey! Can't a girl get to her boyfriend in peace?!"

Everyone around them stood still in shock (well, everyone who hadn't noticed when the two had walked to school together) as Sana's words came out involuntarily. It took her a minute to realize what she had said, and by then, she had managed to make it over to Akito. She put her hand over her mouth and said, "I'm sorry! I didn't know I said that! I'm sorry Akito!"

Akito pulled her over to his side and put his arm around her. "It's okay. I want people to know that you're my girlfriend," he whispered. It wasn't like nobody had known about his relationship with Fuka, and now that he was with the girl he actually loved, why would he not want people to know about it?

Sana blushed, turning around to hug him. "Yay," she said so quietly that only he heard it. He hugged her back, but pulled away a second later.

As the mob around him got over their shock, they slowly started to disband. Then, Sana and Akito walked to class, holding hands once again, after they promised their friends that they would finish talking later.

"So, are you proud of yourself?" Akito asked, smirking when they sat down at their desks.

Sana blushed, thinking that he was talking about the fact that they were dating now. "What do you mean?" she asked cautiously.

Akito smirked a little bit more when he caught on to what she was thinking about. "I was talking about the fact that you aren't late to class for once, Stupid," he said.

"Did you just call me stupid?!" Sana asked unbelievingly. She pulled out the red and yellow hammer, hitting him in the head with it once.

Akito rubbed his head where he had gotten hit. "Jeez, I was just kidding. Learn how to take a joke, will you?"

Sana frowned a bit. It was their first day going out, and already they were fighting. Well, it wasn't much of a fight, but Sana wasn't thinking logically enough to realize that. "I'm sorry," she said quietly, looking down at her desk sadly.

"I'm not mad," Akito said. "What are you apologizing for? I'm used to your hammer by now."

Sana looked at him hopefully and realized that he was telling the truth. "You're really not mad?" she asked, just to be sure. Akito reassured her that he wasn't, and she said, "Okay!" She didn't get time to say anything else as the bell rang and their first teacher of the day came in to the classroom.

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After school, Sana asked Akito to walk her home, but their other friends caught up with them, and this time, Hisae and Gomi were there, too.

"So, I heard you two are together now," Hisae said slyly.

Sana nodded. "Akito, I'll have to talk to you later," she said, realizing that she wouldn't get out of walking with Hisae, Aya, and Fuka.

Akito nodded in understanding. It was obvious that he was going to end up going with Tsuyoshi and Gomi, anyways.

As the two groups turned separate ways off of the school property, Sana answered questions about her and Akito that were shot at her rapid-fire. When they were over, she had her own question, because she had been reminded of it a few minutes ago. "So, Hisae, are you going out with Gomi now?" she asked.

Hisae turned bright red, looking down at her shoes. She managed to nod, but she was really embarrassed and also felt bad that she hadn't told her friends.

"I'm so happy for you!" Sana shouted, and the other two nodded in agreement. Hisae jerked her head up. That wasn't the reaction she had been expecting, but she was glad they approved.

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Akito was walking along with Gomi and Tsuyoshi, and Tsuyoshi said, "Okay, so earlier, you were saying she told you she loved you… What did you say to her?"

Gomi's eyes widened. "Really? Kurata confessed her love to you? She stopped being so dense about her feelings?"

Akito nodded, repressing the urge to laugh. Those had been the same things he had thought, too.

"I told her I… Didn't hate her," Akito answered Tsuyoshi's question.

Tsuyoshi sighed, shaking his head. "Again? Did she get it this time?"

"I don't know," Akito said, shrugging and thinking about her reaction. "I think so, though…"

"That's good, if she did," Tsuyoshi said.

There was a short silence before Akito changed the subject. "So… Are you dating Hisae now?" he asked Gomi, remembering how they had been holding hands yesterday and how they had shown up together today.

Gomi's eyes grew again, but he did his best to hide his shock that anyone had noticed. "Yeah…" he said hesitantly, and was greeted with silence from Akito and a happy slap on the back from Tsuyoshi.

"Good for you!" Tsuyoshi said. "Hey, now that I think about it, we all have girlfriends now."

Gomi stopped and thought about it for a second, nodding, and Akito looked at his friend. "Really? I never noticed," he said sarcastically. "Idiot," he added as he turned away, mumbling.

"A-ki-to!" Tsuyoshi half growled, eyes shining. Without even turning around, Akito reached his arm out and karate chopped him. By now, Akito was better at controlling his chop, so it didn't hurt Tsuyoshi very much.

"Thanks," Tsuyoshi said quietly.

Soon, they were at Akito's house, and the other two waved as he walked up the path and into his house.

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Back in the girls' group, they had arrived at Sana's house. "Come on in!" Sana said. "We have stuff to catch up on!" The last statement was mostly directed at Fuka and Hisae, because she wanted to ask about their boyfriends.

The other three girls looked at each other and bobbed their heads in agreement. When they got inside, Sana told her mom that the others were staying for a while, and they each called their own parents to let them know.

Then, they all sat in the living room, with Aya, Fuka, and Hisae on the couch and Sana on a chair that was close by. Once they were all settled in and comfortable, Sana looked at Hisae and said, "So, tell us how you two became a couple!"

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Author's Note: Thanks for reading again! I appreciate any reviews!

The next chapter is going to be about Hisae and Gomi. I would be really happy if you read it, but it's not necessary for the main plotline, so you don't have to if you don't want to.

See ya next time!

Becca