Vacations are now over, Hana and Aoi had back to school. And clases were deciding what to do for cultural festival.

Aoi really wanted to do something, since last time in the cultural festival he barely moved from his spot. His class now was a chaos, everyone was throwing ideas here and there, including him!.

"Tachikawa! You should sell something, your mother is a chef, right?!"

"What?! Just because my mother can cook I should sell food? No way!"

The discussion with his classmate endured like 20 more minutes before they decided that they were doing a café, and he wanted to be a waiter, and also be mascot and walk around the school for publicity… he was going to take turns, but he didn't mind.

On the other hand, Hana was more calm about this stuff, but apparently her class was more… competitive?. But compared to Aoi's class, they were all in their seats, lifting hands and a student on the board writing ideas. They were calm, but you can feel in the air the strong feeling there was in the classroom.

"President, why don't we just make a haunted house?"

"Any other ideas?"

Another person lifted her hand.

"What about a calligraphy tester? Where everyone can came and write with ink!"

"No one will come!" shouted a boy.

Ideas came and went, but decided nothing. Hana's class was going to wait until the day after to decide something.

Lunch time has come, and Aoi spotted a red haired girl in the multitude of people. He didn't feel like going to the roof in this time of year, it was getting cold outside, autumn was coming, so he just stayed in the cafeteria with his friend.

He touched her shoulder from behind.

"Ha-na-chan" he smiled.

"Aoi!, how are you?".

They went and sat in a table.

"My class is driving me crazy" she said as eating her rice.

"About the cultural festival?"

"Yes!. You know, everyone wants different things and it's a mess… Does your class know what your're gonna do yet?".

"Yeah! We are gonna do a café, I'll be a waiter".

"Oh that's great!". She kept playing with her food instead of eating it, and Aoi noticed.

"You don't like your lunch?".

"I'm not that hungry, that's all" she smiled at him making him sure that there was nothing wrong.

"You seem a little stressed out, If you want, we can go around after school".

She looked at him with expecting eyes, that was a little surprising, but nothing she could say no to. After all, she was always alone in her house. "Sure, Aoi, thank you".

He nodded, finishing his food.

Hana arrived home day same day, in a hurry because she was supposed to meet Aoi at the Ice cream store at 4:30 and she was already late. Her homework distracted her and she was in the library until the last moment.

Hana picked a cute dress wearing her long hair down, taking her purse and left in a rush.

Aoi was waiting checking his clock once in a while. When Hana catch sight of his friend, standing against the wall, she thought Aoi looked pretty cool with his blond hair, relaxed, unique style. Looking closely his body seemed relaxed, but his eyes were lively, almost sparkling.

"Sorry for the wait!" Said Hana catching her breath, she rushed the most she could.

"Don't worry!" His expression changed when he looked at her and realize that she wasn't wearing the school uniform but a dress… and boots. "Wow… you changed your clothes, you look cute Hana chan".

"Eh?, you think so?"

They begun to walk to the Ice cream store while talking.

"Boys are going to notice and you'll become popular, you know" he shrugged.

Hana laughed, thinking that would never happen. "But in school I wear uniform, you know, they don't see me dressed like this!"

"So what? That doesn't mean that you are not cute in your uniform! You're you!"

"What does that mean?"

"Your looks are not everything, your personality counts too. Ah, we're here"

"I see. Thank you".

They spent a good time talking and eating ice cream, until it was already past 2 hours and they had to go to their houses.

"I have to take the train to go home, bye Aoi".

"Wait! I'll walk you to the station, my house is on that way anyways".

"Are you sure?"

"Don't be so stubborn, see? We're going already"

"Thank you again" she smiled at him for being so gentle. She wondered why he is so kind… could it be because of his mother?, well she will know when she meets her.

"Aoi! Sorry I'm late!" apologized Mimi when her son crossed the front door. "But, where have you been? You came from school and went out?".

"Hello mom. Yes, I went to hang out with Hana chan, she was a little stressed out because of the cultural festival so I suggested to go clear our minds". He took seat in the living room.

"I see." Mimi giggled. Aoi had a lot of friends before, but because of his straightforward personality, he stayed with a few with his trust.

"Are you excited about the festival Aoi?.

"I am! I want it to come already, I'm anxious".

"I want to see Koushiro and Hana chan too~ I wonder how are they?. I'm going to prepare dinner, so go take a bath Aoi!"

"Yees, I'm going" He lazily got up and walked to the bathroom while he thought about the festival and how great it will be.