Arthur woke up early today; he took his bath, change his clothes and eats breakfast.

"Well 25 more minutes till school starts." He said.

"I guess, I should go out for a while." He said as he locked his room.

He walks around the dorm, while walking he saw Kiku.

"Hey Kiku! Good Morning." Arthur greeted.

"G-Good Morning Arthur. Well you're early today." Kiku said.

"Yeah, I just woke up a little early to see the sunrise." Arthur explained.

"Let's look together then. I'm also going to the garden." Kiku said smiling.

"That's great! Let's go then." Arthur replied.

So the two went to the garden together, they sat at the bench and looked at the sunrise together.

"The sunrise is bright pink today." Kiku said as he is amazed at the color.

"So, Kiku you're always early just to see the sunrise?" Arthur asked.

"Hai! I love watching the sunrise. It makes me feel relaxed and gives me inspiration." Kiku said.

"Really? What kind of inspiration?" Arthur asked.

"Well… uhmm… like my inspiration to draw…." Kiku answered smiling shyly

"That's nice. I wish, I have inspiration like yours." Arthur said as he looked at the sea.

"Well actually, an inspiration can be anything. It can be a place, an animal, a thing, or even someone." Kiku said.

Is he referring to Maria? Arthur thought. Maybe he is.

"Kiku, do you have any inspiration, except for this beautiful sunset?" Arthur asked.

"What do you mean?" Kiku said.

"I mean, have you felt… uhmm… being inspired by someone?" Arthur said as he blushed.

"Actually…. Yes… someone did become by… inspiration…" Kiku answered as he blushed a little.

"May I know this someone of yours, Kiku?" Arthur asked.

"Actually…. You've met this someone… A lot…" Kiku said.

Arthur breathes in and looked at his watch.

"Well, I need to get change now Kiku, It's almost seven." Arthur said.

He got up and went to the dorm. Meanwhile, Kiku thought.

I think, Maria is also his inspiration, he actually change a lot, ever since Maria came to this academy.

While thinking about this, a flashback on the first day of school came into his mind.

-Flashback-

"Hey Kiku, you looked a bit happy today." Arthur asked as he approached Kiku who was smiling.

"Hai!" Kiku replied.

"And why is that?" Arthur asked.

"Be…Because… A childhood friend of mine will be transferring here today." Kiku said while blushing.

"Really? Is it a boy or a girl?" Arthur asked.

"Actually, a girl… and she is sweet and adorable and helpful and brave and she loves to draw." Kiku said smiling.

"Let's go then. Let's meet this childhood friend of yours." Arthur said as he held Kiku's hand and went to the classroom.

After a while, the teacher came in along with a girl, the same age as them.

"Hi guys! You can call me Maria. It's nice meeting all of you." She introduced herself as she gave a warm friendly smile.

Arthur then, was love-at-first-sight. Kiku saw that Arthur was blushing bright red. He knew that his childhood friend made a big impact on Arthur.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

Kiku gave a sigh and stood up.

"Kesesese!" Gilbert said as he approached Kiku from behind.

"Oh! Good morning, Gilbert." Kiku greeted.

"What's wrong Kiku. You look a bit depressed." Gilbert asked.

"Nothing's wrong with me Gilbert." Kiku said as he gave a weak smile.

"The AWESOME ME knows that something is wrong. Now tell me." Gilbert said as he poke Kiku's cheek.

"I still don't have an art to give." Kiku lied.

"Kesesese! Is that all? Then let the awesome me help!" Gilbert said.

"Well then, who are you gonna draw?" Kiku asked.

"I'm…. uhmm… Well…." Gilbert said as he turned red.

"You will draw Elizabeta, won't you?" Kiku said giggling.

"NO WAY! Th-There's no way, the awesome me, will draw that girl." Gilbert denied.

"You can't lie Gilbert. Everyone knows that you have a huge crush on her." Kiku said.

"Kesesese! I'm not lying! Anyways, I'm off. I need to feed my gilbirds. See you later, Kiku." Gilbert said and he left.

"I should get ready for school." Kiku said as he walked towards the dorm. After that he went to class.

"Okay class, continuing our lesson…" The teacher said as he wrote something on the board. The students on the other hand are a little noisy.

"Veee~ Hey Ludwig." Feliciano said to his seatmate.

"What is it Feliciano?" Ludwig asked.

"What do you think of my drawing of you?" Feliciano asked as he passed his art to Ludwig.

"It's beautiful Feliciano. It's the most beautiful art ever!" Ludwig said as he was amazed to see Feliciano's art.

"Veee~ Grazie, Ludwig." Feliciano said as he smiled.

"No problem. You'll see my art on Valentines." Ludwig said as he passed the art back to Feliciano.

"I can't wait Ludwig!" Feliciano said as he looked on his textbook.

After a few hours, the bell rang announcing the end of the class.

"Before I forget, there will be no class this afternoon because the teachers will have their meeting." The teacher said which made the students very happy.

So that afternoon, the students practiced really hard on their art.

Kiku secretly draw his art in the library. He was doing Maria.

I should make this the most beautiful art ever. He thought. I should draw this from the heart. He added as he move his pencil, creating lines on the paper.

"That's beautiful Kiku." Someone said from behind.

Kiku then looked back and saw Matthew smiling, holding his bear, Kumajirou.

"Matthew, is that you?" Kiku asked.

"Yes. I love the way you draw Maria's dress." Matthew said smiling.

"Thank you, Matthew. Anyways, who are you gonna draw?" Kiku asked as he put down his pencil.

"I'm doing my bear, Kumajiki." Matthew said.

"Who are you?" Kumajirou asked.

"I'm Canada. Your owner, Kumajiji." Matthew answered.

"I see that nothing has changed. But aren't you gonna draw your brother instead?" Kiku said smiling.

"I guess I could try that." Matthew said.

Kiku then smiled and continued doing his art.

"You know Kiku, maybe you should confess your love to Maria." Matthew said and this gives Kiku a shocking expression.

"I don't get you Matthew." Kiku said as he paused on what he's doing.

"I mean, you love her right? You should tell her that." Matthew explained.

"But, what if, she doesn't feel the same way? What if she would hate me, if i told her that?" Kiku said.

"There's nothing wrong if you try Kiku. If she doesn't feel the same way, you two can still be friends." Matthew said.

"Kiku, being careful is good, but there are things you won't know until you've tried them." Matthew added.

"You're right Matthew. I shall confess my love on Valentine's Day then." Kiku said as he held his art up.

"Good luck on that Kiku. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go now." Matthew said as he left.

"Thank you, Matthew." Kiku said as he looked at the time.

"It's almost 6, I need to go." Kiku said as he stood up and took his art with him.

Yay! It's a done!

A little conversation and yay flashback!

I just love flashback!

:3