FINALLY getting more Beauty Pop in here! Hehe I just love Naru-NaruxKiri so I had to have some of them in here!^^ Its been mostly Full Moon-themed up until now, but here we go!

Chapter Four – School

It was Monday. A school day, joy of joys.

Narumi, Kiri, Seki, Iori, Kanako, Taro, and Kei sat in the S.P clubroom. Narumi tapped his hands impatiently on the table. "Geez, where the heck is he!?" he yelled, throwing his arms in the air.

The door opened just then. Sure enough, Ochiai walked in, hair tidy, glasses in place, the usual. "Good morning," he said, waving to everyone.

"Kazuhiko!" Narumi yelled, storming up to him. "Where have you been? We've been waiting for ten minutes to go this meeting started! Let's go already!" He suddenly noticed someone peeking out from behind Ochiai. A girl. Meroko. "Eh? Who's that?"

Ochiai walked up to the table and took a seat at his computer. Meroko followed closely behind him. "This is Meroko. She's staying at my place and will be a member of the S.P for this time. Is that a problem, Narumi?" He lowered his glasses, tilting his eyebrows up and giving Narumi an agree-or-die look.

Narumi stared at Meroko. "Well I guess she can stay, but what good is she going to be? Can she cut hair? Do makeup? Aromatherapy? What?"

"She can do whatever she'd like," Ochiai said matter-of-factly. "She will be like a guest. Treat her kindly."

Meroko looked around the room at everyone. "Uh, Ochiai, who are these people? You didn't tell me about this, uh, S.P or whatever it's called."

Ochiai smiled at her. "This is the Scissors Project. We are a group who give makeovers and hope to be the top in Japan someday. I do makeup. That boy over there," he pointed over to Narumi, "is Shogo Narumi, a hair stylist. A prodigy, I suppose. Then there is Kiri Koshiba, another genius hair stylist, Iori Minamoto who does aromatherapy, Kei Minami who does nail art, Taro Komatsu the information wizard, Kanako Aoyama who helps me with organization, and Kenichiro Seki who has divine hands for massages. You'll grow to love them. Believe me."

Kei walked up, grinning with a piece of chocolate sticking out of his mouth. "Hiya! I'm Kei!" He waved rapidly in Meroko's face.

Meroko smiled and sat up, bowing to everyone. "It's very nice to meet you all. I'm Meroko. Very glad to be here!"

Kiri sighed. "Great, more people to interrupt my nap time." She yawned loudly, stretching her arms up in the air.

Narumi rolled his eyes, giving her a look. "You could be a bit more hospitable, Mussyhead," he growled at her. "You aren't really one to speak for people who annoy others."

Kiri gave him a look. "Oh, so that's how Naru-Naru feels about me now. And here I recall you said you love me back in that hospital room last year."

"And then you moved to L.A with your mom but you're back," Narumi said with a slight annoyance in his voice. "You really thought I'd even remember you after all that time?"

"Well I had hoped so," Kiri said, frowning at him. "And Naru-Naru... your hair is flipping up at the back again."

Narumi rubbed his hands through his hair, his face red. "Eh, you know, I didn't say that I don't still like you... I mean... you know..."

Kei grinned. "Kiri, you're all he was talking about before you came back!" He laughed. "Naru-Naru and Kiri are in looooove!"

"Kei!" Narumi growled, bonking Kei on the head. "Shut up, you." He turned back to Kiri. "But you know Mussyhead... he's right." He was silent for a moment before whispering, "I still love you."

Meroko laughed from her place in the room. "Aw, how sweet," she said teasingly. "You make such a cute couple, too!"

Narumi looked over at her. "And what about you? What's your relationship with Kazuhiko?"

"Eh?" Meroko and Ochiai both turned their heads towards him at once.

Meroko grinned. "Ochiai and I are friends. I'm grateful to him!" She turned over to Ochiai. "Right, Ochiai? You helped me a lot."

A bell rang, showing that lunch was over. Everyone began to head out. "Ochiai, you coming?" Meroko asked, glancing at him as he continued to sit at his place at the computer, Narumi staring down at him.

Ochiai nodded, smiling at her. "Yes, I'll be there in a minute. Just go ahead of me."

Meroko smiled back, then turned away and headed off down the hall way by herself.

"Alright, Kazuhiko. What's up with this girl?" Narumi gave Ochiai a curious look, wiping his left hand through the back of his hair.

"I already told you," Ochiai said back, "she's staying at my place for a while and will be in the S.P for the time being."

"I mean why is she staying at your place? What's her story? I've never seen her around her before at all."

"She was alone and in trouble. I couldn't very well turn her away into the cold, could I?"

"Well, no, I guess not," Narumi said distantly. "But what happened to her? Is it really alright for her to be here? You don't really know much that much about her, do you, Kazuhiko?"

Ochiai glared up at him. "Narumi, she's lost her memory. She has no clue where she came from or what's going on. She will be staying here with me until all is better for her." There was a short silence. Changing the subject, Ochiai gave Narumi a teasing look. "So anyways, what's going on with you and Koshiba-san?"

Narumi turned a bit red. "Well, you know, we're..." His voice trailed off. "I have no clue. Ever since she came back from L.A, my feelings for her haven't changed. I don't even know how to talk to her." He looked down, exhausted from the very thought of trying to talk to Kiri.

"Then I wish you much luck." Ochiai stood up, getting ready to leave. "You are a genius after all, right, Mr. Prodigy?" He grinned and then headed off down the hallway.