A/N: I won't be posting any more chapters until Sunday afternoon - sorry! I'm going on vacation. x3

Chapter Five – Another Side

"Okay, this Scissors Project meeting is now in session." Ochiai clapped his hands together, trying to get everyone's attention. It was Tuesday at noon and everyone had gathered in the S.P clubroom.

No one, though, was listening. As usual, Seki was apologizing rapidly for having bumped into Iori earlier. Kei was snacking away on some chips he'd found in the corner of the room. Narumi was chatting with Kiri, attempting to get his words out to her about how he felt for her. And Kanako was quite content in listening to Taro's gossip. The usual.

The only one paying a speck of attention was Meroko. She looked around the room, then back at Ochiai. "Is everything always this, uh, hectic?" she asked.

Sighing, Ochiai nodded. "Usually, yes." He clapped his hands again, louder this time, and everyone turned their heads. "Come, now, we have to get started! We don't have all day."

"Come on, Kazuhiko, it's just going to be the same as always," Narumi said impatiently. "Cutting hair, doing make-up, blah, blah, blah. Are all of these meetings really necessary?"

"I agree with Naru-Naru," Kiri added in. "This is cutting into my naptime."

"Yes, this is necessary," Ochiai protested. "We need to keep organized if we are to become top in Japan someday. That is what you want, right Narumi?"

"Whatever," Narumi huffed under his breath. "It's all just a waste of time in my opinion."

Ding. Afternoon announcements were starting.

"Good afternoon everyone," the vice principle, Ms. Saki, said through the intercom. "Before you head off to your next classes, I have a few announcements to make."

Ms. Saki went through several announcements, calling students to the office, announcing birthdays, the usual. "And last but not least," she said in conclusion, "the school dance this Friday. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning, so be sure to find yourself a date before then!"

Click. Announcements were finished.

Ochiai sighed, sitting up and adjusting his glasses slightly as everyone started to leave to afternoon classes. "Well, that was a very unproductive meeting."

Meroko laughed. "Oh well! A school dance, that sounds fun! I don't think I've ever been to a dance before."

"Honestly, I haven't either," Ochiai told her. "Seki doesn't go to school here but he'll likely end up coming too. Knowing things around here, Kei will go for the snacks, Narumi will go with Kiri, Seki will go with Aoyama, and-"

"You'll go with me?" Meroko cut in.

Ochiai tilted his head and raised his left eyebrow. "Pardon?"

"You should go with me!" Meroko said cheerfully. "Come on, it'd be fun. And I'd love to go to the dance with you."

Ochiai smiled. "Alright then! It's a date."

"Please sit in your seat while the plane is taking off. We will now go through the safety instructions…"

The flight attendant continued on with her announcement as the staff prepared for the take off from the airport in North America.

Mitsuki and Takuto sat in their seats next to each other, getting ready to head back to Japan. Takuto rested his head over on the side of the plane, staring out the window. "Geez, can't we just take off already?" he mumbled as the instructions went on repeating in another language.

Mitsuki looked over at him. She reached out her arm, putting it around the back of Takuto's neck, and rested her head on his chest. "You're impatient as always," she laughed. "I want to get back to Japan just as much as you do. These world-wide tours get more-and-more tiring each time!"

Takuto looked down at his wife and rubbed his fingers through her hair, smiling. "Ah, well. We'll be home soon." There was a moment of peaceful silent between the two of them as the plane finally took off.

Mitsuki sat up, staring past Takuto and out the window. "Every time we get on a plane it reminds me of Eichi," she said quietly. "You know… how… he died in a plane crash on his way to America."

"At least we know that he's likely happy as an angel now, right?" Takuto said, trying to give her an encouraging smile. "Just like Meroko."

A/N: To those of you who read the manga, you know that Eichi died in a plane crash. However, in the anime, Eichi died in a car crash. Sorry but I can't go by both soo...I'm sticking with the manga^^;