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Chapter 5 – Snow Like Cherry Blossoms

"Nee-san! Tell her that what I did was out of good will!" said Watari as he ran behind his sister to hide from the angry Tsubaki.

"Oh Tsubaki-chan you finally woke up," said Watari's sister with an evil grin. "My little brother is quite awful isn't he? After he took you to his room…he locked the door and did many indecent things!"

"Indecent things?!" said both Watari and Tsubaki at the same time, their faces red from embarrassment.

"What are you -"

"He even took a picture of you," said Watari's sister interrupting her brother. She flipped open his phone and showed that his wallpaper was the picture of Tsubaki sleeping in her new clothes.

"WHY DO YOU HAVE MY PHONE?!"

"Wa…ta…ri…" said Tsubaki as she grabbed onto his shoulder and clutched it with an iron grip. Killer aura rising from her body, her eyes burning, to sum it all up she looked like a demon straight out of hell.

"AHHH! NEE-SAN YOU B-" screamed Watari before he got the worst beating of his life.

"Good morning Tsubaki, Watari," said Kousei as the two of them walked into the classroom.

"Kousei you won't believe what Watari did to me!"

"Like I said before I didn't do anything, my sister was just messing with me!" The volume of their voices caused many of their peers to turn their attention to them.

"Eh? Did something happen?"

"You violated me!" said Tsubaki pointing her finger at Watari accusingly. The statement started an uproar of whispers among their classmates.

"Don't say it in a way that could be so easily misunderstood, not to mention you're too loud."

"The world must know of your sins!"

"Listen you stupid gorilla woman!"

"I don't want to listen to a sexual harasser talk!"

The two got right up in each other's faces and Kousei was caught right in the middle, who was still seated at his desk. He has been put in this situation before, in the end both of them are going to turn to him and ask who is right. He began to panic and right before Watari and Tsubaki turned to him the teacher walked in.

"Alright that's enough! Sawabe and Watari, both of you go to the office! The rest of you go back to your seats!" The sea of whispers died down as the two of them exited the room and everyone took their seats.

After getting scolded by the principal for the whole period the two of them walked back to their classroom for lunch.

"See what you did? I even had to get yelled at by the principal again."

"Who do you think made a big scene which led to us being sent to the office? If anything I should be the one complaining."

"I see that the two of you are back," said the teacher as he walked out of the class. "Get your homework from one of your friends."

After walking a few more steps the teacher turned around. "Oh before I forget."

"People from the athletic department from different high schools are coming tonight to the school to meet some of the member of the sport teams. You two have been invited." The teacher handed them the invitation card and left.

"I heard about this from my ex- I mean from my old baseball captain. It's a good way to build connections and to make sure you get accepted into the school you want to go. Plus there's good food."

Watari listened as he read over the invitation card. "It says here we have a plus-one."

"Oh perfect then we can bring Kousei along as well." She walked into the classroom but Watari stayed outside. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, you go invite him, and I'll go find a girl I can bring." Watari faked a smile and walked away. 'There goes my night alone with her.'

"That was quite a long lecture you got," said Kousei as Tsubaki walked up.

"It sucks but that doesn't matter right now!" said Tsubaki, shoving the invitation into his face. "Wanna come with me to this?"

After looking over the invitation Kousei gave it back to her. "I'm sorry I can't make it tonight, I promised Kaori that I would go visit her tonight."

"It's okay," said Tsubaki quietly, she was sad and disappointed that she couldn't spend the night with Kousei.

"Are you okay? You seem really down," said Kousei reaching out to try and comfort her.

"Stupid Kousei!" She punched him in the chest and ran out. Tears swelled up in her eyes, this time it wasn't even music that was taking him, it was another girl. A girl that was much more compatible with him than her.

'AHHH Kousei why do you like her and not me!' She felt like cuddling up in a corner and having a good cry then suddenly stopped. 'What the hell, when did I get so emotional? Screw that I'm not going to let him control my mood! I'll go play some softball, which sounds much better than crying in a corner.'

Watari walked around the hallway, he wasn't really looking for a girl to bring with him, and in fact he didn't even want to bring another girl with him.

'Man why did she have to go invite Kousei? He doesn't even plan to go into an athletic high school,' thought Watari as he rubbed his head and sighed. 'Why did I have to fall in love with her?'

"Watari!" He turned his head and looked out the window after hearing his name. He saw one of his teammate playing soccer with some of his other friends. "Wanna join us?!"

"Sure why not," said Watari as he jumped out the window. 'Better than sitting in a corner and crying about it!'

After around half an hour of soccer he began to feel better and was having fun, the game was tied and the sun was setting.

"Alright guys, last goal wins!"

The opponents made a good effort to score by sending all their defenders up the field but Watari's team was saved by their goalie and made a break for it. Watari dribbled the ball up, passed the two defenders that managed to get back and came face to face with the goalie.

"GOAL!" His teammates ran up behind him and lifted him up as Watari raised his index finger in triumphantly. The high of adrenaline from playing made him feel a lot better about the night.

CLANG!

He turned his head towards the softball field and saw that Tsubaki was still there. He decided that he'll walk home with her since Kousei probably already left. He waved goodbye to his friends and started walking towards the softball field.

'Looks like you got rejected,' thought Watari a smile forming on his face as he looked at Tsubaki swing the bat in anger. He should have been feeling bad for her, but he just couldn't help feeling happy.

"Hey did you hear? Apparently Tsubaki rejected Watari today in front of the whole class!" Watari heard that and turned his head to the voice; there were two guys that were watching Tsubaki. "Also I heard that they were sleeping together!"

"For real?! She's pretty hot don't you think?" said the other guy.

"Do you think she'll sleep with me if I ask nicely?"

"I heard she's pretty stupid so I bet she's a slut too."

BAM! The soccer ball hit the male right in the back of his head, which caused him to fall face first on the ground.

"What the-" said the other student as he turned around and got hit right in the face by another soccer ball.

"Talk shit, eat shit." Watari stared at them viciously, his eyes filled with anger and his fist clenched together tightly. He could have let it go if they were only talking about him but with Tsubaki it's a different story.

"You bastard!"

"Wanna fight?!"

As Kousei walked to the hospital he felt a slight sense of guilt. He wasn't sure what he did that made Tsubaki so angry. He refused to go with her but it's not as if he didn't have a legitimate reason. Perhaps the fact that he's not going with her is enough reason for her to be sad.

"Hey what's up with the sad face," said Kaori as soon as she saw Kousei.

"I think I got Tsubaki really angry at me," said Kousei as he sat on the bed beside her. This became his spot after she insisted that she felt uncomfortable sitting upright the whole time and wanted something to lean against. He wasn't complaining, it felt nice having her lean against him but he still couldn't stop the blushing whenever she did something like that.

"Did…she finally confess?"

"No, she- wait what? Did you say confess?"

'I think I just said something I wasn't suppose to.'

"N-nothing, I didn't say anything," said Kaori but couldn't help stuttering.

"Tell me," said Kousei leaning in closer. Over the past few weeks of spending so much time with her he learned a lot of tells. One for example would be that Kaori was good at faking her emotions and lying…as long as you are not close to her. The closer he got, the more nervous she became.

"Promise you won't cheat on me."

"What the heck?" said Kousei making a weird expression, something between confusion and surprise, which made Kaori laugh.

"Basically…Tsubaki likes you."

There was a moment of silence that followed. He didn't really know what to do or say. The fact that Tsubaki might have liked him did cross his mind once when they were hiding from the rain and she said that he had no choice but to love her. But he never fully prepared for what to say if she ever did confess to him.

"Well I don't really see her that way," said Kousei finally which let Kaori feel a bit less worried. Then adding with a smile, "Plus I like you a lot more."

"Aww," said Kaori as she wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him in for a hug. Grinning and blushing much more than she felt she should. "When did you become such a smooth talker?"

"That's a first," said Kousei as he laughed and grabbed the box of caneles out of his bag.

"Did you make those?" asked Kaori teasingly.

"No, I didn't. You also don't have to be mean about my baking skills," said Kousei as he playfully elbowed her.

"No I think your baking skills are great! If you fail to become a musician I suggest you try being a pastry chef," said Kaori sarcastically while laughing. "People will taste your sweets and be like, 'what the hell is this?!'"

"You know what…"

"Anyway look," cutting Kousei off she slipped out of the covers and stood up, "I can stand now!"

Her legs were wobbling after a moment and right before she collapsed Kousei got a hold of her. "Although not for a long time."

"You don't have to push yourself," said Kousei as he sat down on the bed with Kaori on his lap.

"I'm just trying to work hard to get better faster; I need to play the violin. I'm feeling this sort of withdrawal symptoms ever since I heard you play!"

"Please don't make music sound like a drug."

"It is a drug to me! Did you bring the music sheets?"

"Of course, how could I forget?" Kousei reached into his bag and took out the sheet music they were planning to play for the competition, "Love Story" by Beethoven.

"Such a cheesy name," said Kaori with a blush, while leaning against Kousei.

"You're the one that picked it," said Kousei, blushing and looking at the girl in his lap. "In fact you pick the song every time, when will I ever get a turn?"

"Never!" yelled Kaori as she tackled Kousei. He got knocked on his back and his glasses flew off of his face. Kaori was right on top of him laughing away. Her hair was now in a mess and got in front of her face. He reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear which made her stop laughing and focus on him.

'Whoa…' She has seen him without glasses once when they jumped off the bridge, but never this close and she was quite surprised by how handsome he was without them. His dark blue eyes felt like two crystals, and the way he was looking at her was messing with her heart beat and made her stomach fluttery.

His hand lingered and he could feel the warmth of her face. Then all of his thoughts were washed away and all that was left was the feeling of her soft lips locking with his.

"Kousei-," said Kaori as they separated for a moment to breathe but was quickly cut off by Kousei as he pulled her down and kissed her again. She was surprised by how forward Kousei was but quickly relaxed again.

After several more minutes of stealing kisses from each other Kaori finally decided to stop, "We should stop before another nurse or my parents catch us again."

She laughed to herself when she saw a slight look of disappointment on Kousei's face. "C'mon carry me to the roof and we can look at the music sheets there, I want some fresh air!"

She climbed on his back and he made his way towards the roof top, the situation almost exactly the same as last time. Except this time she was on the road to getting better, and she was heavier than the last time he carried her.

"You got heavier." Happy that she was getting back to a healthy weight but neglecting how he said it earned him a hit on the head.

"I told you not to say I'm heavy! You better not be saying I'm fat!" said Kaori with a blush.

"Geez you know that's not what I meant." He rubbed the spot where she just hit him and laughed to himself. Even though she was impulsive and violent, before he realized he began to like this side of her as well.

He walked out onto the roof of the hospital, the sky was clear and snow flakes flew off of the ground as a current of wind blew it up. The small snowflakes went up and started to fall back down, 5 cm per second, almost like white cherry blossoms. They sat down together on the bench and began looking at the sheet music.

Kousei began humming and played the piece in front of him as if there really was a piano there. Kaori followed the lead and picked up her own imaginary violin and began humming as well. Terribly off tune yet so beautiful at the same time, the moment reminded both of them of the time they were performing together on stage and recreating that feeling perfectly.

*Author's Note: Thank you for reading! I'm going to keep trying to get out a chapter a week. School can get really busy for me and midterm is approaching for me so if I am a day or two late please don't be angry :P. Finally it really motivates me a lot seeing you guys leave a comment and makes me feel that it's worth the huge amount of time I put in!

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