Sorry these are coming out slower but I think I just drained out all my ideas. This is a filler chapter and in the next chapter I might take off Hoshi's cast. All depends on inspiration.

"…So…there's no bad guy I can beat up and raise up my pride as the head of this family?" Otou-San asked sadly as he lowered the bat.

"Gomen Otou-San demo, iie [iie means no]…there's no bad guy." I apologized to my Otou-San as he pouted. [a/n: that sentence means 'Sorry Father but, no…there's no bad guy' unless my Japanese is wrong]

"Aw…" he said as he dragged his feet out of the kitchen and into the living room.

"Hoshi dear, what happened to you hair?" Okaa-San asked as she walked up to me and held a few pieces of my hair like Ryoma did.

"Some girls decided to give me a haircut." I answered as I twiddled with my thumbs. "Besides now my hair won't get in the way when I play soccer."

"Ok…after dinner I'll fix up your hair. Looks like they just grabbed your ponytail and snipped your hair off." Okaa-San said.

If this was an anime I'd have this giant sweat drop on the back of my head. I nodded my head and went upstairs into my room to finish off my reading for Chemistry.

[Next Morning!]

"H-Hoshi! Your hair!" Sakuno stuttered once I arrived in English Class.

"Huh? Oh yeah! I cut it. Like it?" I asked with a grin as she eyed my hair.

Okaa-San gave it a little trim last night after dinner so that my hair was even. My hair fell down to the middle of my neck and I still had my side bangs. Okaa-San said the new hair cut reminded her of when I was little and always had short hair. She then started to cry saying how her little girl was growing up. I chuckled nervously at the memory.

"Well you do look a bit cuter with shorter hair Hoshi…but not cute enough to win my Ryoma-Kun!" Tomo exclaimed with hearts in her eyes.

I think she just turned the compliment into an insult.

"Ryoma-Kun!" a group of girls chorused as Ryoma came into the classroom.

Once he laid his eyes on me he blushed a bit. I turned my gaze towards the window as I blushed a bit too. I was still questioning myself about why I kissed Ryoma on the cheek last night. Things are gonna be awkward today.

"Ok class settle down and get in your seats." Ginomata-Sensei said as I slowly made my way to my seat. "Today we will learn about verbs."

[After School]

Today had been weird. Ryoma and I haven't said anything to each other except for the occasional 'Gomen', 'Arigato' or 'So…'. Yeah. Some girls where happy that we where talking though, while others where worried. Mainly the Girl's Regular Soccer Team who'd pass by me and Ryoma to see us not talking like they'd usually see us do when they passed by. Ryoma had tennis practice today so I decided to go to the soccer field and borrow a soccer ball. So here I am. Walking around the school while juggling a soccer ball with my feet, thigh, chest, and head. I was on a streak of 55 continuous juggling [and this took a lot of practice].

"57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72-" I then bumped into someone and dropped the ball on the ground. "Ah Gomen." I apologized to see Ryoma. "Eh…how's tennis?"

"You where counting in English." Ryoma pointed out.

"Yeah…it's good practice and it's sorta easy." I explained as I rubbed the back of my neck.

It was silent after that. An uncomfortable silence that made me twiddle my thumbs while I moved the soccer ball with my foot back and forth. I bit my lip and looked at my feet.

"Look Ryoma about yesterday I'm-"

"Don't be." Ryoma finished for me as I looked up at him to see him rubbing the back of his neck as a small blush crawled over his cheeks. "It's ok. It's just I didn't expect it…took me by surprise."

"Gomen…" I apologized as he gently punched my forehead.

"I said don't be." he repeated with a smirk as I rubbed my forehead.

"Ok then…so…tennis…" I started as he nodded.

"You've gotten better at English." Ryoma said as I grinned.

"That's cus I have such a great tutor. And I pick things up fast when I'm interested in it."

"I thought you hated English." Ryoma said as we walked back to the courts.

"Yeah…but you made it fun."

"How so?"

"I dunno…you just do."

"RYOMA! 25 LAPS!" Aniki shouted as we reached the courts causing me to giggle.

"Gomen…" I mumbled as Ryoma gave me a small grin.

"No problem." and with that he started his laps.

"EH?! LOLITA-CHAN! YOUR HAIR!" I heard Eiji shout causing me to look behind me to see if he was talking to someone else.

I looked up to see he was pointing at me. Soon all the Regulars [save for Aniki] where huddled around me.

"You cut your hair?"

"Yesterday after school around 3:04pm Azula, Aminu, Nika and Eri had followed Hoshi to the bathroom and then cut her hair and stole her umbrella." Inui read from his notebook.

"Lolita-Chan's being bullied?" Eiji asked as I shook my head and held my hand in front of me [still in the cast remember?]

"No. it's not like that." I defended myself.

"REGULARS! 25 LAPS!" I heard Aniki shout from 2 courts away.

The Regulars sighed and then ran away but not before complimenting on how I looked cuter. I think I prefer long hair. It's more fun to play with. I turned to walk away only to get hit in the head by a tennis ball.

"Ah Gomen Hoshi! I didn't see you there! I guess my 2 years of tennis experience was too good for you to dodge." I heard Horio shout.

He just turned his apology into something to gloat about. What's with people and turning their nice sayings into something else when directed towards me [remember Tomo's compliment].

"It's ok." I mumbled as I left the courts and continued playing with the soccer ball.

Tennis isn't my thing.