3:40pm

BRIIIIIING~

Stretching his arms out after a long lecture from school, Ryu then proceeds to gather his school supplies.

"Sigh~ Now then…gotta head up to the roof…I wonder if Mio's already there?" Ryu leaves the classroom.

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"Jeez. Why do these stairs seem like they go on forever?...huh?"

At the foot of the fourth staircase, Ryu is stopped by the school's 'prince', Mushima Kouji. (character image may vary from person to person. But basically…just picture a 'pretty boy'…I guess. ;b)

"….what do you want, Mushima-san?" Ryu says in a firm tone.

"I heard that you were going to meet up with Akiyama Mio on the roof…I guess it was true after all?"

"…yes…Now, if you will excuse me-" Ryu tries to push past but is stopped when Kouji puts a hand on his shoulder.

"Whoa there~ who said that you could pass?"

"What the hell are you-Gnh!"

Kouji's knee makes contact with Ryu's stomach, causing Ryu to fall down.

"*cough*Gnh! Wh-what was that for?" Ryu barks while clutching his throbbing stomach.

Kouji squats down and gives Ryu a dangerous glare.

"You've got some nerve, ya know that? You think that you could just waltz in here and pick up whatever girls you want? Well, think again buster…'cause Mio-chan's mine~" *sneer*

Ryu's eyes snap wide-open. He punches Kouji so hard and fast in the face, that even he didn't realize what he had done until he saw Kouji fall backwards and grab his face in face.

"You Bastard! Don't you talk like you know her so well! I know how you 'roll'! You just use girls to satisfy your own selfish desires!...I even hear that you talked one into stealing something for you." Ryu stands over the nose-bleeding 'prince' with fire in his eyes.

"Grrr! Why you!" Kouji jets towards Ryu and attempts to return the punch.

Dodge.

Kick.

Punch.

Block.

Kouji and Ryu stare at eachother, both refusing to give up. Both bleeding and exhausted.

"Just let me pass *huff* Mushima."

"*pant* Like-*huff* Like HELL I will!" Kouji sprints forward and Ryu goes readies himself to give the final blow…until something caught his attention in the corner of his eye.

Distracted, he turns his head to the bottom of the stair case…and he saw her…

"Mio…Ah!"

While Ryu's defenses were down, Kouji had taken the opportunity and landed a punch on his cheek.

The blow was unexpected and powerful. Ryu loses his balance and begins to totter at the foot of the stair case.

"How do you like that?" Kouji spouts.

Ryu still being unresponsive from shock, begins to fall backwards.

"R-Ryu!" Mio screams in horror as she watches Ryu fall down the stairs.

Thump! Bam! Thud!

"gnh…" Ryu's body lay in an awkward position, his entire body throbbing in pain.

"R-Ryu! Are you okay?" Mio runs to Ryu's aid. Water begins to rim her eyes and her heart begins to race even faster when she sees the sight of blood seeping from Ryu's head.

"RYU!"

"kngh! I-I didn't do anything! I had nothing to do with this!"

Kouji panics, sprints down the stairs and runs past Mio and Ryu.

"I didn't do anything!"

"W-Wait! Call for help! R-Ryu is-!"

"mio…." Ryu says, barely audible.

"Ryu! Are you okay?" Mio grabs onto Ryu's hand and starts to cry.

"…in a situation like this…You'd think that a person…would be okay?"

Mio gasps in shock. Of course! Asking a person if they're 'okay' after falling down the stairs and bleeding- of course they wouldn't be okay!

"S-Sorry! I'll get help right away!" Mio gets up to leave, but Ryu grabs her hand, stopping her.

"wait…let me…ask you something…"

"You can ask me later! We need to get you to the hospital!"

Mio tries to take her hand away, but Ryu's grip tightens.

"I….don't have much time left…."

"What do you mean you-!"

"Mio….Do you love me?"

*B-bump*

Mio freezes, her eyes wide open, and her heart racing at mach 10 (!).

"I-I…."

3:57pm

How'd you like it? Ku ku~ Seems like I had some time on my hands so~ here's another chapter for you all! Please R&R! I just love hearing from you guys! It really makes my day~! Thank you all so much! *bows*