Here is the second chapter as promised. I wrote it at night and I am realllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy sleepy. -yawns-

I really hope you like it!

Chapter-2

False pretenses

Akio looked at Midori's red and puffed up eyes worriedly. She has not spoken a single word that morning. Sure Midori and Minamino fight a lot, but this was the first time it had ever got this serious. She sighed as she remembered what he did yesterday. Truthfully speaking, Ryuu and he went a little overboard. Just wait till she gets to school. Ryuu was so going to get it today! Slowly she turned to Midori.

"Midori, please say something. Are you really alright?"

"I am fine Akio," Midori faked a smile. Akio rolled her eyes. Duh! It was so obvious that she wasn't.

"If it's about Minamino I think you should-

"Stop it!" Midori screamed as she covered her ears with her hands, "Please Akio, I don't want to talk about it."

Akio's eyes softened at seeing Midori delicate figure shiver with fear. Oh boy! What have you done now Minamino?

"Guys wait! Sorry we are late!" They turned towards the direction of the voices. Akio almost heaved a relieved sigh. So the two trouble makers were back from their prolonged vacation. Tha oughta do Midori a heap lot of good. And it did.

"Xaya…and Riyo too? Wow you guys are back!" Midori exclaimed happily as she rushed forward and tackled her two beloved friends to the ground. They laughed.

"Midori, you haven't changed a bit!" Riyo patted her head affectionately. Midori eyed her tall, slender frame. Somehow she has become tanner and more…athletic?

"What were you doing on your vacation Riyo?" Midori eyed her suspiciously. Riyo smiled.

"I was at the gymnasium-

"24/7 for the whole vacation," Xaya concluded only to get a smack on her head from Riyo.

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

Akio giggled as she approached her friends. Thank the Lord they were back! She was sure she couldn't handle Midori for another day.

"So you lost again didn't you Midori?" Riyo asked as she strangled Xaya.

"Yeah..." She replied sheepishly.

"Let me go Riyo! And by the way Midori, when did you two start dating?" Xaya asked questioningly while struggling to get out of Riyo's death grip. Midori's eyes widened.

"No, of course we aren't dating! From where did you that piece of useless information?" Midori questioned. Lord, how far did the news reach?

"Actually you wouldn't believe it! Check this out!" Xaya took out her lap from her backpack. Akio sweat dropped.

"Umm...Xaya you do know these stuff aren't allowed in school, don't you?"

"Yeah, of course," She replied absentmindedly as she flipped it open and started checking her e-mail. Midori peered at the screen. Oh my….300 mails from Meiou students?!

"Now do you get it?" Xaya turned to Midori and continued, "I got mails from Kaito, Yuuda, Jun, Sakura, Fuji"-

"And a lot of your heartbroken admirers, saying that you two were dating," Riyo interrupted as Xaya opened a file while laughing, "And what's more? We got a recorded file of the whole EPISODE that took place yesterday from Ryuu himself."

Midori blushed beet red as she pouted. This was so embarrassing! Now even her friends knew about it!

"Come on guys, don't tease Midori. She has been through enough," Akio warned her friends.

"Yeah, we know," They looked at her apologetically. Midori looked away. It had taken her almost 4 hours to final get the matter out of her head. She didn't want it come crashing down on her again. The thing that she wanted right now is something sweet, really really sweet….revenge.

"I want to get even with him for spoiling my reputation in school," Midori spoke with determination. This time she wasn't going to back down. Minamino is going to get what he deserves!

"Yeah, speaking about that," Xaya pushed the laptop on to her arms, "We got umm…this message and we thought it might interest you a little bit."

"What do you mean?" Midori asked as all of them stared at the screen.

Dear Midori,

Poor thing! Shuichi insulted you a lot didn't he? I felt utterly helpless watching him hug you from the crowd. But I couldn't do anything back then. Still, let me remind you, we can thrash Minamino. All you need is to accept my one and only demand and I promise you…Minamino Shuichi will pay for what he has done. Don't you want that too? Don't you want to embarrass him like he did to you? After all…revenge is sweet isn't it?

Akira

"Akiraaaaaaaaaa?" Akio and Midori shouted in unison. They nodded.

"We got this yesterday night and Xaya was really keen on showing you this. Midori, it really seems that your admirer has really gone crazy. You know him too well to follow his stupid message and I bet he knows that too, so why did he sent it anyways?"

"Yeah, let's forget about it and get to school. It's getting late," Akio pulled Midori's arm. But she wasn't listening. She was thinking about what she had seen, what Akira has asked her…only one demand...

"So all I have to do is agree to his demand and I get to see Minamino embarrass himself in front of the whole school?" Her deep blue orbs sparkled with curiosity.

"Midori, leave it already. Don't tell me you are going to follow his message?" Akio's eyes were filled with terror.

"Oh come on Midori! You very well know what he is going to ask. You know him and I am pretty sure you know what his demand is going to be," Riyo mentally cursed herself for not deleting the mail yesterday.

"I am sorry guys, but I think I know what to do," She looked straight at them before bolting towards school. The girls looked at one another in despair.

"I've seen that look before."

"Yeah and it means trouble is on its way. Let's get Ryuu before things really get out of hand," Xaya pointed out as they followed after her.

"So Shuichi," Ryuu began as he took a bite from his breakfast, "Why did you tease her like that yesterday?" Both of them were in the school cafeteria. Since they had to make it to Kendo practice that morning, they decided to have it in the cafeteria.

"Tease whom?" Shuichi looked up from his plate questioningly.

"Midori, you idiot."

"Oh, her," He turned back to his breakfast uninterested, "Don't we do that always?"

"Yeah, but yesterday you went a little overboard." Ryuu bore his eyes into him.

"So I did." That's it! This was really getting on his nerves. Why was Shuichi not responding enough? Was all this just a game to him? Ryuu took a deep breath before asking him a particular question.

"Do you like Midori?" He asked it bluntly. Shuichi stopped eating and raised his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"I meant what I said Shuichi. Do you like Midori?" He repeated.

"What makes you think I do?" He smirked. Ryuu clenched his fist as he forced the words out of his mouth.

"Shuichi, I have often supported you to tease her only because I thought you liked her," Ryuu thought his expression changed as he continued, "She is my important friend. I care about her and I won't let you play with her feelings for fun. If you like her then confess. If you don't feel anything for her then cut it out. I will make her end everything then and there and in turn you have to promise me that you won't take any interest in her anymore." With that Ryuu stomped out of the cafeteria.

Shuichi's bangs covered his eyes as he clutched his chopsticks tightly in his hand. He knew they would patch this up later. He smiled faintly as her face crossed his mind.

"Shuichi! This isn't the end! I am not giving up!"

"You are not the only one who care about her Ryuu," He whispered sorrowfully.

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