*Author's Note: Once again thank you to all those who have been supporting me so far! I know that for a lot of you guys Kousei and Kaori is your favorite pair but for this chapter it is almost completely dedicated to Watari and Tsubaki (sorry!) because I just didn't want to split this part into two different chapters. I hope you guys enjoy the Watari and Tsubaki moments! :D

Chapter 6 – Dance

"Hey Kousei let's play this game!" said Kaori as she turned her cell phone towards Kousei. "It says these are some fun questions to ask your partner."

"Alright sure why not, we need a break anyway," said Kousei as he dropped the piano sheets he was revising.

"You first!"

The first question that popped up was: How do you get along with your parents now?

"Ahaha let's skip this one," said Kaori after seeing Kousei's blank expression. "I swear I wasn't trying to bring up any bad memories or anything like tha- AHHH!"

What type of relationship did you have with your parents while growing up?

"Okay forget about this let's come with our own questions," said Kaori quickly closing her phone. Looking over at Kousei out the corner of her eye she noticed that he was staring at the ground thinking about something.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah…back then I may not have been able to understand why she was so strict but now I think I get it. She was trying her best to look out for me and make sure I would be able to sustain myself with piano. The best way to make sure I win all my competition is to make me play every piece exactly how it is written."

"Kousei…"

"My relationship with my mom wasn't the greatest but in my most fond memories she's always there. She used to always play the piano while I fell asleep under it and it was the best feeling waking up to her playing."

After a pause Kaori broke the silence and decided to move onto something lighter. "If you were offered five million dollars in exchange for leaving everything you have behind, including me, would you do it?"

"Oh yeah for sure!"

"You…" said Kaori as began unleashing a barrage of punched who was sitting beside him.

"S-stop!" said Kousei as she laughed uncontrollably. "I'm kidding I swear!"

"What if it was ten million?"

There was a pause. "Um…"

"Stop considering!" said Kaori giving him another good punch.

"Alright, alright my turn, let's see…" He took a few to seconds to think up of his question and asked, "How would you describe a romantic night?"

"Oh, are you going to use that as a guideline when you take me out?" said Kaori giving Kousei a teasing smile.

"Perhaps."

"Hmm I would say we go out to have dinner and you give me some nice compliments…"

"Some nice compliments?"

"Yeah I mean you have to set up the mood right!"

"Okay continue."

"Then we have a slow dance to some classical music…"

"I can't dance."

"Who cares? It'll be more fun that way, and plus you're a musician, you have to know how to dance!"

"I didn't know that it was part of it when I started piano but okay," said Kousei while laughing.

"Then while we are walking home joking about how bad you were at dancing, you pull me in telling me you love me and kiss me!"

The place was already packed when Tsubaki got to the school. She was wearing a simple white dress. It was the only one she had but nonetheless she looked stunning; she was also wearing makeup for the first time in her life after her mother insisted. As she walked around trying to find her table, she drew the attention of practically every guy from across all the sport teams.

"Hey is that really Sawabe?"

"That's the tomboy?"

Finally finding her table she took a seat and waited for the principal to go up on stage and give a formal welcome to all the guests. It was a table for four, most likely to account for the plus-one of both her and Watari.

'Crap, Watari probably brought a girl with him. It'll be awkward as hell with me not bringing anyone!'

"Tsubaki!" Speaking of the devil, she immediately heard his voice calling from behind her.

'What do I do?!' But her worries were in vain because when she turned around the only person there was Watari all by himself.

"Is that really you Tsubaki?! Almost didn't recognize you there, you look much more feminine tonight than you usually do," said Watari as he took his seat beside her, "and is that makeup I see? Shit, the world must be ending if you're wearing makeup!"

"Oh shut up." She punched him and he quickly drew his arm away and winced in pain. "Whoa I didn't punch that hard did I? Are you okay?" Now that she looked closer she noticed that he definitively wasn't. He had what looked liked a bruise under his right eye and his bottom lip had a little cut.

"Yeah I'm fine." He smiled but she could so easily tell it was lie so she prepared another punch. "Okay, okay merci!"

"What the hell happened to you?" She lowered her arm and leaned in closer to get a better look at his injuries.

"I…uh got into a fight."

"A FIGHT?!"

"Keep your voice down." He quickly kept the brunette from jumping up and attracting unneeded attention, the last he needed was for people from the athletic department of the high school he wanted to get into think he's a delinquent.

"You better explain yourself!" She couldn't believe he got into a fight! With all the flirting he does with practically every girl in the school (apart from her) it's a given that some guys are going to dislike him but he has never actually gotten into a fight before. Mostly because she knew that Watari didn't care about what others say about him and that he's a lot more responsible than he looks.

"Well…they were saying some really nasty stuff about the girl I like so…yeah I nailed them each with a soccer ball."

"You idiot!" She gave him a hard hit on the head and finally cooled down a little. "Right now is not the time to get into trouble. What if it goes on your record and you can't get into a good high school?"

"But…but…" It felt weird getting scolded by the very person he defended, even if she doesn't know it, but at the same time he was happy that she was worried about him.

"No more buts just tell a teacher next time or something other than starting a fight." She sighed and leaned back against her chair which disappointed Watari since he was enjoying the closeness they shared. "I didn't think you were that type of guy."

"What do you mean by 'that type of guy'?"

"You know, like the romantic type where they do all kinds of crazy stuff for the person they love."

"What makes you think that?"

"I don't know…you're always jumping from girl to girl, the romantic type usually has only one he sticks with."

"Hmm I see. Well you know, I also have liked this one girl for a really long time."

"Eh, no way!"

"I'm serious."

'Well he's still smiling but he does look pretty serious.'

"Alright now you definitively have to tell me about this girl!" The principal finished with his welcome and people started to walk towards the buffet able. "But before that let's get some food."

After filling her plate up with more food than what the football guys ate, they both returned to their seats.

"You're going to get fat eating all that," said Watari jokingly.

"Shut up," said Tsubaki as she began eating, "so tell me about this girl."

"Well…there's quite a lot, where should I start?"

"Hmm, how about what her personality is like?"

He quickly stifled his laugh when she asked him that. "Let's see, she's…aggressive, impulsive and emotional."

"What the heck, why would you like someone like that?" Watari lost it at that; it was too funny watching Tsubaki make fun of herself without even knowing it. "Did I say something funny?"

"Don't worry about it, as I was saying this girl does have quite a strong personality but that's also what makes her unique and fun to be around. She's also very beautiful and can be, on rare occasions, gentle and caring." He felt like he was pouring his heart out even though it wasn't really confessing since she didn't know it was directed towards her. It even surprised Watari himself since usually when people ask him what his girlfriend is like he just answers with 'cute' or 'hot'.

"Alright so if you like her so much why don't you date her?"

"Because she likes this other guy and even though I tried dating other girls to make her notice me she never did."

"Aww poor Watari," said Tsubaki sarcastically while popping a fry into her mouth. "Don't worry you'll find someone better."

"I don't want someone better, I want yo- HER."

'Did she catch that?'

"Seems like I misjudged you Watari Ryota, it looks like you're really into that girl," said Tsubaki as she got up and headed back towards the buffet table.

'I could have sworn he was going to say you…' She turned her head slightly to get a look at him, 'nah there's no way it's me.'

'C'mon at least get a clue don't go back to eating Tsubaki!' thought Watari as he pinched the bridge of his nose and laughed to himself at how clueless she was.

The rest of the night went by smoothly; Watari and Tsubaki made their rounds and talked to the people from the high schools they were interested in. As the event drew to a close the principal went back onto the stage and thanked all the guests again for coming.

"Now we will close with a dance, I hope you all have a great night!" The music started playing, classical and slow, people started moving out of their seats with their partner towards the middle of the room where the table was now cleared away.

"No way," said Tsubaki her cheeks going red as Watari extended his hand towards her and gave her an expectant look.

"Whose fault do you think it is that no girl wanted to come with me?" said Watari. "You owe me this much."

"O-okay fine," said Tsubaki taking his hand and immediately being dragged forward by him.

"I lied I never asked anyone."

"What?"

"Nothing!" They got in the middle and got ready. "Do you know how to dance?"

'Oh. My. God. I don't know how to dance.'

"O-f, of c-course I know how to dance."

"Oh save it, your face says it all." Watari laughed and took her hand placing it on his shoulder. He then put his hand at her side and held onto her other hand. He then began to lead her, starting with the simplest thing he could think of.

He stepped to the right with his right foot and pulled slightly to signal Tsubaki to follow his lead. It was simple, step to right followed by the left foot then repeat in the other direction.

"Ow!" Watari winced as Tsubaki stepped on his toe.

"I'm sorry, I'm not used to wearing high heels," said Tsubaki embarrassingly.

"It's fine." Giving her his best smile to try and get her to relax more. It was amusing for him as he watched her stare at her feet making sure she wasn't going to step on his toe again. The song ended, to Tsubaki's relief, and she started to walk back to her seat but Watari pulled her back.

"The song is over…"

"When did I say we were only dancing for one song?" said Watari playfully.

"E-eh?!" But before she could react she was dragged back and the next song started. Just when she thought she got the hang of it Watari stepped forward, up until now they have only been sort of swaying left and right, but he seemed to want more.

It was easier to get the hang of it since the concept was pretty much the same, he steps forward, and she steps backward and repeats with her stepping forward. The song was a bit faster but Tsubaki was still able to keep up thanks to Watari's crash course on dancing. He then held her hand above her head and she did a spin.

"I guess this isn't too bad," said Tsubaki, by now they were both smiling and enjoying themselves.

Noticing that the song was ending Watari began pushing his weight against Tsubaki which made her start to bend backwards. Right before she was about to fall he caught her and supported her weight with his hand behind her back. They hanged there for a few seconds; brown eyes locked and finally he held her back up.

"Why'd you do that?" Tsubaki's face red from embarrassment.

"To make things more interesting," said Watari with a smile. Now the music has ended they both noticed how close they were to each other and both took half a step back while blushing.

"Thank you for dancing with me mademoiselle," said Watari as he took a little bow which made Tsubaki giggle.

"Yeah, yeah let's get out of here." As the two walked back home together they laughed and joked about the night.

They stopped at the intersection where they part ways. "Well I'll see you on Monday," said Tsubaki as she started to turn but was stopped by Watari.

She couldn't register what he said next and the next thing she knew she yanked her hand away from him and started running away. Tears started spilling out of her eyes and she didn't even know why.

'What just happened? This is too sudden, this can't be real!' The phrase he said replaying over and over again in her head. 'Why?! Why?! Why?!'

'The girl I love is…'

She ran into the house, up the stairs and slammed the door to her room as soon as she got in. "Tsubaki are you okay?" asked her mom knocking on the door. She couldn't get her voice back yet and was desperately trying not to fall apart.

'The girl I love is…'

'Don't say it!'

'The girl I love is…you.'

*Author's Note: Thank you for reading and please leave your thoughts and comments on this chapter! Also on a side note if the dance scenes were badly written I apologize for that, I suck at dancing so I have no idea what I'm talking about XD.

rex4487: To be honest I do have something for Emi in my mind for future chapters but probably not any big reactions since I never felt that Emi liked Kousei in a romantic way. As for Nagi I never gave it any thoughts so I'll think up something for her too (probably something short).

Mermaid Monster: At first I was planning to have Watari lie about his injuries but in the end Tsubaki giving him hell for it just made it a lot more interesting. I know how much you like Kousei and Kaori pair so sorry about this week's chapter .

NarniaPotterPercyClues15: Thank you for the support! I'm happy so many people liked Watari's sister XD

Aiyoukhyra: Holy shit 5 times! Damn I'm honored to hear that thank you so much for the support!

Dan Ying Hao: Yeah I guess it is moving a bit fast for the anime world since kisses usually take 20 episodes to build up. Thank you for taking time out of your day to point out my mistakes, I'll try to check for run on sentences more intensely XD.

denice001: Thank you for the comment! Others have pointed out that it is moving a bit too fast but I don't think the body contact is that bad. Maybe it was the setting that made it look like it was going to turn into a lemon XD.

Herolegend290: It was probably your review that made me finally decide to have Tsubaki give Watari a long lecture, a lot of people seemed to have expected that but I'll give the credit to you. Thank you for the support!