Notes:This one takes place in modern day.

Disclaimer: I don't own Nobunaga the Fool.

Valentine's Day

"Happy Valentine's day," Ichihime's sweet voice greeted.

Mitsuhide looked down at the beautiful teenage girl, who was the object of his affections, before him. With a smile on her soft lips, she held out a small box of store bought chocolate to him.

"Thank you, Ichihime-san." Mitsuhide returned the smile and accepted the offered gift.

Ichihime smiled once more and then walked off to her class. Unlike him, who was in his 3rd year, she was only in her 1st, so she had to go to a different building, so unfortunately he couldn't walk with her. Mitsuhide couldn't help the smile as he walked to his own class.

As Mitsuhide sat in class the smile hadn't left his face yet and he kept staring at the gift he was given.

"Only obligation chocolate, hm?" an arrogant voice stated behind him.

The smile immediately disappeared from Mitsuhide to be replaced with a scowl. He glared behind him at the intruder of his happy thoughts. "What do you want, Caesar?"

Caesar was a transfer student from the West Star and much to the boys' chagrin was immediately popular with almost all the girls. Mitsuhide wouldn't have cared about that if he had kept his attention to those girls, who were now known as the Prince Caesar fan club, but he didn't. No, he had to give all of his attention to Ichihime and tried to woo her every chance he got. He had so many girls to choose from, but he had to choose her! That damned prince! Yes, what made matters worse was that Caesar was indeed a prince. He was the heir to the most important throne on the West Star and was descended from Alexander the Great himself! So, needless to say Ichihime's father, who was high in the political world, was very keen on the idea of his daughter marrying Caesar. Mitsuhide couldn't have asked for a worse rival. The one shining light was that Ichihime hadn't fallen for him, and he knew her a lot longer than this insufferable prince.

Caesar smirked as he sat down across the aisle from him. Yes, Mitsuhide had to be that close to him every day; it was torture for him. "Just making sure you don't delude yourself too much."

Mitsuhide scoffed. "Ichihime-san hasn't given you chocolate, has she?"

Caesar shrugged. "Not yet, but the day is far from over."

Mitsuhide scowled and turned back to his chocolate. He wouldn't let his annoying rival keep him from being happy over this.

After school Mitsuhide immediately went to look for Ichihime. He was going to ask to walk her home today, and he was looking forward to that, especially after this wonderful morning.

But there was a hitch in this marvelous plan; he couldn't find the girl of his dreams. He started to get frantic as he searched everywhere for her. Finally, he caught sight of her beautiful pink hair. She was among the sakura and seemed to be talking to someone, but a tree prevented him from seeing who it was. He walked in a direction that would allow him to. His feet stopped and his heart almost did the same when he saw who it was. Ichihime was speaking to Caesar! Of all the people! But what made matters worse was how Ichihime had her head down like she was embarrassed.

"Caesar, that bastard!" Mitsuhide yelled in his mind. "What have you done to Ichihime-san?"

Mitsuhide was about to stride over there and give Caesar a piece of his mind, but Ichihime's next movement stopped him in his tracks.

"For you, Caesar-dono," Ichihime shyly said and held out some chocolates.

Mitsuhide's eyes widened as cold dread gripped his heart. No, they were obligation chocolates. Of course they were. Caesar had helped Ichihime out on several occasions; he was loathe to admit, so of course the sweet girl would give him such a thing. That was what he was saying in his mind over and over anyways.

Caesar took the chocolates with a soft smile. "I gladly accept them, my dear Ichihime." And to Mitsuhide's horror, he leaned over and kissed Ichihime softly on the lips. To add to his pain, Ichihime accepted it and took ahold of Caesar's uniform.

After the kiss, Caesar smirked down at Ichihime and offered his arm. "May I escort you?"

Ichihime giggled and laced her arm in his. "You may. My father wants to see you anyways."

Caesar's expression turned to one of mischievousness. "Don't tell me he is the reason you gave me "true feelings" chocolate."

Ichihime laughed and shook her head. "I would have even if he didn't like you."

"That's good to hear," Caesar replied softly and placed a kiss on her forehead.

And with that, Caesar and Ichihime left the school, not even noticing the completely frozen Mitsuhide.