A/N: Hello everyone. Another chapter as promised. This is the last one obviously. Hope you enjoy. Lots of thanks to iRawrTera, eva-ayra and Whispering Angels for their reviews :)
Happy Friendship Day minna-san!
Japanese Translations:
*Konnichiwa minna-san: Hello everyone.
*Watashiwa _ desu: I'm _
*Yoroshiku: Nice to meet you.
"Sashi! Wake up!"
Asashi rubbed her eyes sleepily, as she saw a blurred vision of her father standing before her, "Just two more minutes, Dad," She muttered, turning over to stop the sunlight from disturbing her.
"It's 7:50, young woman!" He yelled again.
"What?" The black haired girl shot out of bed, and rushed to the bathroom, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier old man?" She yelled in the midst of brushing her teeth furiously as she struggled not to let out a stream of profanities to curse herself for waking up so late. There would be time enough for that when she was out of the house.
"I tried! You sleep like the dead!" Her father retorted.
"Gah! Get out of my room!" She yelled coming out of the bathroom and diving into the closet to find her school uniform.
"Oh sure, blame it all on your poor Dad," Her father muttered skeptically before leaving the room.
Having changed into the correct clothes, she hurriedly put on her shoes and ran out of the house, denying her mother's offer to have breakfast.
She aimed a glanced down at her watch. It registered 8:08. Damn! She was going to be late; and today was the day of the performance! After all the trouble Ryoutaro had gone through as well. As she ran through the deserted streets, she thought that maybe she shouldn't have joined the Music Department after all.
Having arrived in the middle of last year, she had joined the General Education Department of the prestigious Seisou Academy. But in the current year, she had decided to transfer to the Music Department to work on her piano playing. Turned out it wasn't such a good idea. Music Department students had to learn same things as The General Ed. Students, but they also had the added bulk of Music classes which were most dominant.
On top of that, she had a lot of work as a member of the Student Council. Why she ever wanted to be in the student council was beyond her, but she had to deal with everything all at once now, resulting in less relaxation. As she approached the gates of the school, she made a mental note to thanks Tsuchiura Ryoutaro, her first friend at the school, for bothering to tutor her even though she had fallen asleep half way through.
Asashi let out a yawn, as she walked out of class. She was thanking God fervently for making their proper teacher be absent, so that she only had to play before a kind substitute teacher who, though she had made quite a few mistakes, did not yell at her.
"Wow, lucky us, huh?" A voice beside her said as turned around to meet the blue eyes of Miura Keisaku.
"Yeah.." She answered, yawning again. Though she didn't have an express enmity with the boy like Ryoutaro and Raiuta, she was exceptionally irritated by him. Not having the heart to just say it up front in case it hurt his feelings, she would just endure his conversations, dropping subtle hints that she didn't want to talk to him. Though they ended up being too subtle since Miura's spirit never seemed dampened and he would always speak perkily around Asashi.
As the two approached the roof of the school with Miura chatting animatedly, Asashi walked towards the group of people sitting there. Trying to ignore her partner's talk about his latest girl friend, she sat down in the midst of her friends. Today, It consisted of Kahoko, Shoko, Ryoutaro, Kazuki, Keiichi and Kazuki and Raiuta.
"Hey, where's Naomi and Sierra?" The young girl asked, sitting down beside Shoko as Miura sat beside her.
"Absent," Raiuta, one of her best friends, shrugged before glaring at Miura, "What's he doing here?"
"Nice to see you too, Raiuta-san," Miura smiled, unaffected by his behavior.
"Really? 'Cause seeing you just ruined my whole day," Raiuta replied sarcastically.
"Rai," Asahi said in a warning tone. The last thing she wanted was for a fight to break out between the two of them.
The girl sighed, "Fine. I don't even know why you talk with this two-timing moron." She muttered. Once upon a time, Asashi and Keisaku had been going out. But one fine day, Ryoutaro had caught Miura cheating with another. Caught red handed, the black haired girl had no choice but to break up with him, but being too kind hearted, she had accepted Miura's apology and agreed to remain friends against her will, just so his feelings wouldn't be hurt. But her friends had never forgiven him for his felony.
As a tense atmosphere descended upon everyone, the bubbly green haired Kazuki tried to break the ice, "So Asahi-san, did you see Ryoutaro's latest secret admirer?" He asked, chuckling.
"Another letter?" The girl in question asked, grinning, though she felt a pang in her heart. With his growing fame for his extraordinary talent at the piano, the golden eyed boy had also been gaining a number of secret admirers. This did not fare well with Asashi. Ryoutaro had been her first ever friend in Seisou Academy, and he had always been friendly, gentle and kind with her. She was aware that his feelings might have only been that of friendship but she couldn't help it. Before long, she had fallen in love with the handsome pianist, no matter how badly she wanted to deny it. Sadly, she was sure that he didn't reciprocate her feelings, and with his growing amount of fan girls, she didn't think she had a chance.
With every letter he had received lately, from a secret admirer, she had felt a wrench at her heart. She liked Ryoutaro Tsuchiura. But there was nothing she could do about it.
"…Asashi-san?" A voice close to her ear snapped her out of her reverie.
"Huh?" She asked, confused as she watched Miura draw his face closer to hers.
"I said that I really would like to get back together with you," He gave a small smirk, coming even closer; much too close for comfort. Now, he was stepping out of the line. Asashi narrowed her eyes, preparing to tell Miura to move away, contemplating violence if he resisted.
But someone else beat her to it.
She watched with wide eyes, as Miura fell backwards, hitting the ground forcefully. Someone had punched him.
For a second she was absolutely shocked, before she heard Raiuta speak.
"All right, go Tsuchiura-kun!" She said, grinning gleefully.
Asashi turned around to spot the back of the green haired boy heading towards the door that led to the stairs. In a split second, she made up her mind to follow him. Standing up and ignoring the stares she was receiving from everyone, she went after Ryoutaro, trying to catch up to him.
Upon entering the room with the staircase, she closed the door as she spotted the boy leaning against the wall.
"What's gotten into you?" She asked, blinking. She had never seen him act so rashly or violently.
He didn't answer.
Five minutes. The silence lasted for a whole five minutes until Asashi decided to speak again. She approached him and came to stand right in front of him.
"I was jealous, okay?" He replied, avoiding her eyes.
She stayed silent for a while before speaking, "Of what?" Asashi was confused, "Despite what he may say, his skill at the piano is strictly minimal, you know."
The green haired boy could only stare at her in surprise. Really? Was she that dense?
"Ryoutar-" Her statement was cut off, as the green haired boy leaned down and landed his lips on hers, kissing her forcefully.
For a while, she stared at him in utter shock, until he ended the kiss and stepped back a little.
An awkward the silence descended upon the two of them as the black eyes and golden eyes could only stare at each other.
The golden eyed boy took a deep breath before he began.
"I like you," He said, unable to bring himself to say the actual word.
Asashi blinked at him, looking confused so he tried again.
"I mean not just like, like like. Like really-" His attempt at a coherent explanation was cut off as stood on tiptoe to press her lips to his gently before turning stepping back.
"I like like you too," She grinned.
At the door, everyone stood pressed up against it, trying to be quiet, as Kazuki blushed fiercely, his face having turned into a deep cherry red. Shoko and Kahoko were openly smiling as Keiichi only blinked sleepily. Raiuta stood at the front of the group, clutching a camera in her hand, grinning from ear to ear as she stared at the perfect picture displayed on the screen.
"The school newspaper is going to love this."
A/N: So? What did you think? Crappy? Welcome to the club. I'd love to hear your opinion, so please leave a REVIEW. Hope you liked it Tera!
~Dark
