"Alright! I'm gonna help you out!" Renge said to Sakura.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Sakura replied, looking at her friends.

"Oh, this'll be just like that play, uh…" Renge said; tapping her chin trying to remember the name of the American play that one girl gave the other a makeover.

"Wicked?" Alfred asked.

"Yea! Alright! Let's get started!" Renge said, dragging Sakura over to a vanity.

Sakura sweatdropped, "You don't have to do this…"

"Yes I do. Don't worry. It'll make you popular." Renge said.

"But, I don't want to be popular… I just want to be me." Sakura replied.

"I'm just gonna go now…" Alfred said.

Sakura stood up before Renge could do anything . She ran over to Alfred and gave him a big hug. He hugged back and pressed his lips lightly to her forehead. She smiled, ignoring that he had just kissed her on the forehead.

"Hey, did I tell you I got that job?" Sakura asked.

"No. That's awesome!" Alfred said, patting her on the head.

Sakura glared at him a little and stood on her toes, stealing his glasses, "Yes, I did. I start today actually."

Alfred laughed, "I would say 'I see' but that would be a lie because you stole Texas from me."

Sakura giggled, "Well, I'm American myself, so technically, it's not stealing."

"Get over here, Sakura." Alfred teased, capturing her by the waist.

Renge just watched them. They seemed like a cute couple. Are they dating I wonder? Maybe I should ask.

"Hey, are you two going out or something?" Renge asked bluntly.

Alfred blushed, "No, we're just really good friends." I wish we were, though…

Sakura smiled, handing Texas back to Alfred, "We've been friends since we were babies."

"Alright, it's time for me to head to work." Sakura said, walking toward the door.

"Oh, okay. I'll get you later though…" Renge said.

Sakura rolled her eyes, "Sure you will."

Alfred blushed, "Um, Sakura?"

Sakura looked at him, "Yea?"

"Um… Can I take you to work today?" Alfred asked, still blushing like a schoolgirl.

Sakura paid no attention to it, "Sure, Alfie. Thank you, that's very sweet and thoughtful of you."

"You're welcome." Alfred said as they walked outside.

He opened the passenger side door for Sakura and she smiled, shutting the door behind her. I never thought of Alfred as the gentlemanly type. I mean on a date, maybe. But in general… Sakura shrugged. Whatever. Not my problem. Alfred was trying to figure out if a good time to tell her was now. They were alone, in his car together. They had been flirting back and forth for days. Alfred was just falling harder for Sakura every passing day. So just tell her, dammit! But, what if she doesn't feel the same way? Will it ruin our friendship? Knowing her, probably not, but it's kind of awkward; I would think anyway, to be sitting in a car with your best guy friend and he suddenly tells you he loves you. Alfred sighed and pushed the thoughts to the back of his head. Sakura tipped her head. Alfred was thinking about something. She could almost see the gears struggling to turn in his head. She giggled softly and tapped Alfred's shoulder.

"Alfie, you missed the turn," she giggled.

"Huh? Dammit!" Alfred asked confusedly, then sighed, frustrated.

"Just make a left here. It'll take you back around." Sakura said calmly, putting her hand on Alfred's to calm him down.

Alfred tried not to blush, keeping his eyes on the road. Sakura saw the blush on Alfred's face. She wondered briefly what he was thinking about before he slammed on the brakes.

"Alright, here we are." Alfred said.

"Aww, thanks Alfie~" Sakura said, hugging him and jumping out of the car.

"Have a nice day!" he called out the window.

"You too. Um, can you pick me up too?" Sakura asked.

"Sure. No problem!" Alfred said, smiling.

"Thanks Alfie. You're the best!" Sakura said, pecking Alfred lightly on the lips before dashing into the building.

Alfred blushed, "Bye."

Sakura smiled, "Bye!"

Alfred rolled up his window and sighed happily. Wow, that was definitely a girl moment. Okay, moving on! He turned his radio on and it automatically played the CD in the CD player. He laughed. This was the mix CD Sakura made him for his birthday not too long ago. He smiled as the song "Hot Mess" by Cobra Starship came on. For some odd reason, the song reminded Alfred of Sakura. He shrugged. Sakura was walking along to her building singing "Hot Mess" to herself. For some odd reason, Alfred seemed to like the song too. She laughed. The song changed and she laughed. She sang along to "My First Kiss" by 3OH!3. She smiled. For some odd reason, she thought of Alfred every time she heard the song. When she arrived in the office, she sat down at her desk, took her headphones out of her ears and went to work. Kyouya sighed. He was extremely bored. There was no school that day and his father decided to drag him along for maintenance checks on the hospitals.

"Go inspect the offices," were his father's only words to him that day.

Kyouya sighed and got out of the limo, adjusting his glasses and walked to the first office, fists clenched at his sides. He heard they hired a new employee, despite his father's disapproval. He walked past the regular secretary, giving off a pleasant façade. He walked into the cubicles past the secretary and everyone greeted him. He noticed a woman still sitting down in a cubicle in the back. He huffed and walked back to see who this person was. The man in the next cubicle over reminded her to stand up and the woman jumped up.

"You might want to turn around, miss." Kyouya said calmly.

"Oh, right! Sorry!" the woman said, turning around to face him.

Kyouya furrowed his eyebrows. She must be the new employee… But, why does she look familiar?

"Is something wrong… sir?" the girl hesitated, tempted to call him 'Kyouya-sempai'.

"No. Obviously you're the new employee. Who are you?" Kyouya asked.

"Sakura. Sakura Utau." Sakura said, hoping that he wouldn't recognize her, though instinct was telling her this was all a façade.

"I see. May I speak to you alone, please?" Kyouya asked.

Sakura nodded, "Yes sir…"

Kyouya led her along to a conference room.

"Sit down." He said.

Sakura winced and sat down. What did I do? I just started today!

"First of all, I apologize for my actions the other day. That was very rude and unnecessary." Kyouya started.

Sakura nodded, a little shocked. He's actually apologizing? Well, would you look at that…

"And second, welcome to the 'team' if you wish to call it." Kyouya finished, "That's all."

Sakura smiled a bit, "Oh, okay. Have a nice day, Kyouya -sempai."

Kyouya nodded, smiling just a bit himself and ruffiling her hair as she walked past, "You as well, Miss Sakura."

Sakura blushed and went back to her station. Is there a reason Kyouya-sempai was being so nice to me? She shook her head and went back to work. Around noon, she went to go get her lunch, but remembered that she forgot it.

"Damn…" she muttered to herself.

"Hey, there you are! You forgot your lunch in the car, Sakura," a familiar voice said.

"Alfie!" Sakura said, hugging him, "Hey, you found my lunch! Thanks!"

Alfred smiled, "No prob."

Sakura sighed, sitting down at the table. Alfred sat next to her.

"I think I'm gonna stay a bit." Alfred said, smiling.

Sakura smiled too, "Thanks Alfie. It's kinda lonely here anyway…"

Alfred patted her head, "Aww. Sorry Sunshine."

Sakura giggled and stole Texas again, "Just for that, I'm taking Texas again."

Alfred laughed, "Okay. Just don't pull Nantucket. Cause you never know, I might get horny…"

Sakura laughed, "Okay."

"When do you have to go back to work?" Alfred asked.

"Not until 1." Sakura replied.

"Cool. So we can just hang out together and talk?" Alfred asked hopefully.

"Sure." Sakura said, smiling.

And so Alfred and Sakura sat together, talking until her watch went off. She smiled sadly and he stood up, pulling her chair out for her. Sakura smiled.

"Thanks for spending my lunch with me, Alfie. By the way, where are Lita and Arthur?"

Alfred chuckled, "They were a little… busy… last night, so they decided to sleep through the day today."

Sakura giggled, "I see. Alright. Well, see you later, Alfie."

"I'll pick you up at 3?" Alfred asked.

Sakura nodded as she led him to the exit doors, "Sounds good."

"Bye Alfie," she added, standing on her toes and lightly pecking his lips.

Kyouya sighed as he walked toward the exit. He stopped when he saw Sakura and Alfred. He noticed that Sakura had kissed Alfred. He closed his eyes a moment, adjusted his glasses, opened his eyes again and walked out the door, past them. There is something going on between them. And for some reason, that bothers me. Why does it bother me? Damn these emotions! Kyouya sighed and went back to the limo.

"Everything was fine father…" he said, before his father could ask him how everything was.

Kyouya then went back to looking out the window. That girl… Sakura. I need to get to know more about her. She's… interesting…