Disclaimer: I don't own this, blah blah blah, and I'm kinda getting tired of this disclaimer stuff, so it's gonna be the last disclaimer i put on here. Here's the next chapter!

Kaho snuggled comfortably into Len.

They were both lying on the sand, Len's arm around Kaho, and Kaho's head on his chest.

Unbeknownst to the couple, Amou was in the bushes taking pictures of them.

'They're gonna love me so much for these pictures!,' thought Amou, 'But then again, I AM gonna put these in the school paper, so they might hate me..... Oh well. What they don't know won't hurt them.'

"The sound of the waves on the beach is so relaxing, ne Len-kun?"

Kaho looked up at Len, waiting for his response.

Much to her surprise, Len's eyes were closed, and he appeared to be asleep...

'Oh well,' thought Kaho, 'At least he's relaxed now.'

Kaho gingerly began to get up, not wanting to wake up Len.

Unfortunately for her, Len rubbed his eyes as soon as Kaho sat up.

"Nani? Where are you going," he asked groggily.

'HE LOOKS SO CUTE AFTER HE WAKES UP!!!!! KAWAII,' Kaho screamed mentally.

Kaho blushed and said, "I was going to go swim some more. You looked tired, so i didn't want to wake you up."

Len sat up as well..

"You know what?" he asked Kaho, smiling a little.

"Nani," asked Kaho, cocking her head to the side.

Len leaned close to Kaho and whispered in her ear, "You look beautiful in red. You should wear it more often."

Kaho blushed.

Len pulled back a little just so that their noses were touching.

He placed his hand on the back of her head and leaned in, tilting his head and deepening the kiss.

When they pulled apart, Len looked at Kaho and said, "I love you... I love you so much Kahoko..."

Kaho smiled at Len and hugged him.

"I love you too," she murmured in his ear.

Len stood up and extended his hand, and helped Kaho up.

They walked back to the others hand in hand.

Still in the bushes, Amou was nearly squealing in happiness at all the shots she had gotten.

'These are going in the yearbook,' she thought, a big grin on her face.

*************

Back at the beach, around lunchtime.

Amou, Fuyuumi, and Hitomi were laughing over some onigiri and had towels wrapped around themselves.

Kaho was holding an onirgiri of her own in her hand and looking out at the waves.

Suddenly she felt and arm around her shoulders.

She looked up in surprise to see Len looking out at the sea as well.

She leaned into him, looked back out at the water and said, "I wish we could stay like this forever......."

Len looked down at her in surprise...

His eyes softened and he said, "Me too Kahoko, me too."

Behind them, in the bushes, a certain elderly couple was watching them.

"KAWAII!!!!!" exclaimed Misa, nearly giving away their position.

Jun clapped a hand over his wife's mouth.

"Shh!" he scolded, "Do you want Len to find us?!?!?!?! He'll never speak to us again if he finds out we're spying on him!!!"

Hamai pulled Jun's hand off her face and looked at her husband haughtily.

"He'll never know. Besides, we're here to see if he really wants to stay with Kaho-san, remember?"

Jun sighed.

"Hai, hai," he murmured, "Now will you please shush??? I want to observe our son properly while he's still acting cute."

Misa smiled softly at her husband.

She gently brushed a stray lock of his deep cerulean hair out of his face.

"We'll get them to stay together." she said quietly.

Jun looked at his wife, smiled softly and said, "I hope so. For both Len's AND Kaho-san's sakes."

The young couple, not knowing that they were being watched, looked out to the ocean, Len's arm around Kaho, Kaho leaning into Len's side, and both of them wishing that the moment would last forever.

Suddenly a voice pierced through their reverie as someone called, "Hey! You two lovebirds over there! Come on! It's time for the sand castle contest!!!"

Kaho looked at Len, stood up, and said, "Let's go, ne Len-kun? We'll show them exactly how well we violinists can build sand castles."

Len gazed up at Kaho, and nodded.

'I'll miss him when he leaves,' thought Kaho as Len stood up and took her hand.

A tear ran down her face, and she reached up to wipe it from her face.

Len saw the tear out of the corner of his eye, stopped Kaho abruptly, and wiped her tear away with his thumb.

He took her by the shoulders and said, "Let's just live in the moment. I want to enjoy each and every moment I have left with you."

Kaho nodded, her eyes beginning to fill up with even more tears.

Len hugged Kaho close and said, "No matter where I am in this world, I'll always be with you. If you ever need me I'll be by your side as soon as I can get to you. okay?"

Kaho nodded into Len's shoulder.

A muffled "ok" could be heard.

Len placed his hand on the back of Kaho's head, bringing her closer to him.

"Anata o ai shite imasu, Kahoko," he whispered into Kaho's hair, "I love you."

More tears ran down Kaho's face and she hugged Len tighter.

Suddenly, Len pulled away from Kaho.

He fished around in his duffel bag a bit (he brought a smallish duffel bag with him to the beach to carry some stuff in) and pulled out a handkerchief.

He wiped Kaho's tears away again, and gave it to her, saying, "This might come in handy."

Kaho smiled a little bit.

Suddenly her face brightened.

"Come Len-kun! Let's show these people what kind of a sand castle we can build!"

*************

After the contest, at the judging.

"Every single castle was beautiful," announced Amou, as one of the official judges.

"Ousaki-sempai's and Hitomi-chan's castle was a beautiful recreation of their own house right behind us.

Fuyuumi-chan's and Shimizu-kun's recreation of the statue of the fairy in the center of Seisou was extremely accurate, and very beautiful as well.

Tsuchira-kun's castle consisted of a moat, and two mounds of sand with flags on the top.

Yunoki-sempai's castle is an amazingly accurate recreation of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

And Hihara-sempai's and Kaji-kun's sculptures of a trumpet and a viola are amazingly lifelike.

But the castle that takes the trophy here is Tsukimori-kun's and Kaho-chan's recreation of Seisou. All of Seisou. Down to the very last detail.

You can even see the shrubbery that surrounds the buildings. Lots of detail was added in the short six hours every participant was given to complete their castle."

Amou happily announced the prize of winning the competition.

"And here is the reward! You two get to choose what we do tomorrow morning before we leave in order to get to our last periods of the day at school!"

Kaho's eyes widened as she looked at Len.

Len's eyes were slightly widened, and he too was looking at Kaho.

Amou looked between the two of them and said, "Well? What are we going to be doing tomorrow?"

Kaho walked over to Len and whispered something in his ear.

He looked at her amazedly, and slowly nodded his head.

Kaho smiled, turned to Amou, and said, "Well, those of us that won't make it will be asleep..."

"Nani?!?!" exclaimed Amou.

"We'll be pulling an all-nighter tonight," explained Kaho, "Anyone that is willing to can join us."

Everyone seemed to like the idea, and nodded in agreement.

"Well then, that's settled," said Amou, "Let's get back in the water everybody! After this we head back inside to take showers and pull the all nighter!"

Almost everyone leaped in the water.

Kaho was ready to, until Len took her hand.

"I want to walk for a little bit," he said slowly.

Kaho smiled understandingly, and nodded.

They walked along the seashore.

Suddenly, Kaho saw something sticking out of the sand.

She bent down to pick it up when Len stopped her.

"Shells can be sharp, remember?"

Kaho smiled sheepishly and nodded.

Len bent down, and scooped up the sand around the shell, careful not to touch the shell itself until he was certain that it wouldn't break and that it wasn't sharp.

He placed it inside his duffel bag.

In response to Kaho's astonished look, he said, "You'll get it when we get back to the mansion."

Kaho nodded, deciding not to question Len's decision.

They began heading back, Len placed his duffel bag along with all the other stuff that everyone brought, and both Kaho and Len ran into the water.

A couple minutes later, the sun touched the horizon.

Kaho flipped from her position from floating on her back in the water and pointed out to Len the sun.

"As soon as the last bit of sun disappears beyond the horizon, make a wish," she said.

Len nodded.

'I wish I wouldn't have to leave her,' Len thought.

'I wish that Len will come back to me soon,' wished Kaho.

Since she and Len were in water that was waist deep, Kaho hugged him and said, "I love you too Len Tsukimori."

Len blushed.

Kaho kissed Len's cheek, ran out of the water, grabbed her towel, and began running up the stairs into the mansion, wanting to get an early start on the all nighter.

Len gazed up at the now apparent stars and thought, 'What just happened?'

(Ta dah! My latest chapter is now complete... :D I have a great idea as to what shall happen after they get back to school..... :P Thanks for reading! ~Franfran)