Asa found this Japanese lesson rather…interesting. He couldn't help but glance back whenever he heard a scuffle behind him where Sephiroth and Anne were. Gabriel turned round often and just smirked knowingly before getting back to work. Whenever Asa glanced back, he would either see Sephiroth's trademark smirk, Anne's brightly blushing cheeks, Sephiroth's hand groping Anne's ass gently or smoothing its way up and down her thigh. Asa felt for Anne, she was far too childlike to be targeted by the school's biggest playboy.

"Stop it!" Anne squealed softly and slapped Sephiroth's hand off her thigh.

Sephiroth just chuckled and leaned in, assaulting Anne's poor nose with his Lynx deodorant.

"Make me," he purred challengingly.

Anne growled at him with bared teeth.

Sephiroth: 3

Anne: 1

Asa had heard about this little deal of theirs because he happened to be in the Common Room when he heard Anne reject Sephiroth. That caught his attention instantly as he tuned in his fine hearing and pretended to read his Magic Skills book. Asa often contributed to get gossip and blackmail for people when he's paid for it. He was very quiet and his ears could hear a lot among people. Asa was a natural at tuning his ears to something.

"Stop it, seriously!" Anne squealed again and slapped Sephiroth around the face, causing Gabriel to wince sympathetically.

Sephiroth: 3

Anne: 2

Asa rolled his eyes, shook his head and began to focus on work.

Aerith tilted her head curiously as she saw Anne sitting underneath the oak tree with some onigiri, chomping down on them grumpily and chewing furiously.

"Hi," she said sitting next to her "Are you OK?"

"Of course not," Anne mumbled moodily as she swallowed her mouthful "You saw what happened in Japanese."

Aerith just smiled and opened her lunch box.

"Dango?" she offered a stick of dango.

"Please!"

Aerith smiled as Anne's face lit up at the mention of dango, snatched the treat and happily munched on it.

"Did I hear dango?!"

Aerith and Anne turned their heads and saw Zack bound over to them like an overexcited puppy. Anne smiled as Zack pulled the puppy eyes to his girlfriend to beg for some dango too. Aerith giggled and handed him a stick of dango.

"I made enough for everyone," she said as Zack and Anne sat together, munching happily on their dango.

She giggled again then looked around with a frown.

"Where are Tifa and Cloud?" she asked to herself.

Tifa swung her hands behind her back as she and Cloud talked underneath the willow tree while watching the horses gallop in the field across the river. Cloud was mainly complaining about Sephiroth and accusing him of cheating while they were in a kendo match. Tifa just listened, like she normally did.

"Anyway, back to the main topic," Cloud cleared his throat and fished something out of his pocket "Tifa, will you go out with me?"

Tifa's heart leapt as she staggered back in shock.

"I-I-I…"

Cloud smirked and held out Anne's note.

"Your little sister is tired of our 'charade'," he said as Tifa instantly recognized Anne's handwriting.

"Why the little…"

Tifa blushed and looked away shyly.

"So, will you go out with me?" Cloud repeated his question.

Tifa looked up and grinned, throwing herself into him for a hug.

"Yes!"

"Something good has happened," Anne said abruptly and loudly as she finished her current onigiri.

The students around her gave her a befuddled look. She looked at them then smiled widely.

"Ignore me~!"

Pairs of eyes rolled while eyebrows raised as everyone went about their business.

"So what have you got for the rest of the day?" Bianca asked as she, Zenna, Hayley, Crystal, Erik, Sky, Serenity, Megumi, Hikari and Fiona sat around her.

Anne hummed as she tilted her head.

"I've had two free periods first thing," she said to jog her memory "Then I had singing, dancing, ice-skating and Japanese."

She hummed again and clicked her tongue.

"After lunch I have creative writing!" she perked up immediately with a bright smile "Then Drama, horse-riding, trampoline, archery and athletics last thing…"

Her face dropped.

"I don't believe it," she grumbled.

"What's the matter?" Sky asked as he ate his bacon sandwich.

"Sephiroth's in our athletics class isn't he?" Anne pulled a miserable look towards Sky.

When Sky nodded Anne groaned and curled up with a gloomy cloud hovering over her.

"Kill me now," she mumbled "He's going to be so mischievous if he sees me in my athletics kit."

Said athletics kit contained shorts that stopped above her knees and a white short-sleeved shirt that was getting too small for her. Sky swallowed and frowned softly.

"Why is he targeting you again?" he asked.

"I have no clue how it happened," Anne answered honestly.

Sky looked up and his frown deepened when he saw Sephiroth coming towards them. Sephiroth smirked his usual smirk as his shadow towered over poor little Anne.

"Mind if I join?"

Anne jumped to her feet, leapt over Erik and Sky while bringing her fists up.

"If it's a fight you want, come and get it," she challenged in a low tone.

Sephiroth laughed, enticing one of Anne's veins to pop irritably.

"I'm being serious," she growled with gritted teeth.

Zenna giggled behind her hand timidly, a blush across her cheeks telling the story of her sort of secret crush. She felt her cheeks then let her fringe cover the rest of her face shyly. Sephiroth smirked wider and stared at Anne.

"I would like to eat my lunch with you and your friends," he said with a very fake innocent smile then turned to the group "You wouldn't mind would you?"

There was a chorus of yes and no but Sephiroth sat down next to Zenna anyway. He curiously glanced at Anne's half-eaten onigiri and picked it up, taking a soft bite.

"Hey!" Anne growled as she lunged for the rest of her onigiri and shuffled away to sit behind Crystal and Hayley "I made these for myself and myself only! …And only to share with friends!"

"Oh?" Sephiroth cocked a sly eyebrow "You made them?"

He smirked and tossed the rest of the onigiri in his mouth. Zenna giggled mischievously.

"Zenna, what's so funny?" Anne asked warily.

"Sephiroth just ate the same thing as you," Zenna winked with her good eye "You've just had an indirect kiss!"

Fiona smirked softly while Megumi and Hikari giggled hysterically as Anne's cheeks went red.

Sephiroth: 4

Anne: 2

Zenna was one of Anne's best friends. She had long silver hair that trailed behind her like a wedding train attached to a wedding dress. She had a fringe over the right side of her face to cover the deformation that she was born with. She had three brothers, Yazoo, Kadaj and Loz and held a very similar face to them. Anne and Zenna got along so well, Anne never expected herself to be betrayed by her. Especially when it came to Sephiroth, whom Zenna had a massive crush on. In fact, she thought Zenna would encourage Sephiroth to stay away from her only to target him later. Anne whined and leaned her head on Crystal with a sad sigh. Could this day get any worse?