I think I'm having writers block, but I'll try to write whatever comes to mind. I already have a pretty good idea of how this chapter is going to be, I'm just having trouble putting it into words. Here we go ~

Ryuuji walked forwards with small steps, his school bag hanging daftly over his shoulder. He looked down at the ground, dark lines under his eyes. Suddenly, something bumped into his arm, and he barely turned his head to look at Taiga who was leaning her head onto him as she walked. She also had dark lines under her eyes. "Damn that Kitamura-kun.." She said with deep tiredness in her voice. Ryuuji nodded, agreeing with her. "I mean, we can't really blame him, but he's the first one that comes to mind.." He said.

Taiga widened her eyes, a little surprised by the loud ringing from the phone. "What time is it?" Ryuuji had asked, looking a little confused. Taiga had looked at the watch on the wall. "It's.. 6 am. Who would call at this hour?" She said, rubbing her eyes. "Even so, how come we could have kissed for this long without even noticing how late.. ehrm, early it was?" She asked, looking at Ryuuji. Just as Ryuuji was about to say something, Taiga got up from his lap and grabbed the phone.

"T-t-takasu Residence." Taiga said with a tired voice. A surprised, but energetic Kitamura said from the other side.

"Good morning! Wait, is that you, Aisaka? Are you at Takasu's place? Does that mean you've heard?" He asked her.

"No, it's.. wait, heard what?" She asked him, sounding slightly confused.

"The strike has been lifted, so we're supposed to go to school today!" Kitamura answered, still with an energetic tone to his voice. Taiga widened her eyes.

"W-w-wha.. Damn!" She shouted as she hung up and turned to Ryuuji.

"Ryuuji, we've screwed up!" She said, looking nervous. Ryuuji gave her a confused look. "We have to go to school!"

"Come to think of it though, I could almost blame you a little, too." Taiga said, her voice still droopy with tiredness. Ryuuji was too tired to even sound annoyed.

"What are you talking about? How is this my fault?" He asked, not bothering to push Taiga's face away from his arm. She kept talking with a low voice.

"Well, you had such inviting lips, so I couldn't really keep myself from kissing them all the time." There wasn't a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Ryuuji barely managed to shake his head.

"You weren't the only one who enjoyed it, though, so it's not all my fault." He said, his eyes drooping. Taiga sighed.

"Yeah, yeah.."

Ryuuji got down by his desk, instantly slamming his head onto it.

"I'm going to die." He said, his voice muffled by his desk. He heard a confused voice behind him, coming from Kitamura.

"What's wrong, Takasu-kun? You seem to be in the same state as Aisaka is in." He said, sitting down next to Ryuuji. Ryuuji just groaned, not bothering to lift his head from the desk. Kitamura started scratching his chin, thinking. He suddenly seemed to realize something.

"And Taiga was also the one who picked up the phone at your place! Don't tell me you guys weren't prepared for school to start, so you stayed up all night playing video games or something?" He asked with a teasing smile. Ryuuji groaned again.

"Hahah.. you got me.. I surrender." He said, his face still planted into his desk. Kitamura gritted his teeth and laughed a little at Ryuuji before he got back to his desk. As lunch break arrived, Ryuuji and Taiga looked just as tired as before. As they sat down to eat, the others gave them weird looks.

"This can't be.." Minori said, a shocked look on her face. Was she onto them? "Takasu-kun.. You of all people.. forgot to bring lunch?" She continued after noticing the fact that Ryuuji and Taiga wasn't eating anything. Ryuuji sighed a little in relief.

"Yeah.. I was too tired to remember." He said, his head hanging. Taiga sat right next to him, looking just as tired as him. Her head dropped, and fell onto Ryuuji's shoulder. She snuggled into it as she was almost about to fall asleep.

"You guys seem to have gotten a lot closer lately." Ami said, looking at the two of them. Taiga didn't seem to mind that she was maybe revealing them a little.

"Right now.. I couldn't care less." She said with a monotone voice. "I just want to sleep right now." She continued. "If it hadn't been for Ryuu-.. If it hadn't been for Kitamura-kun telling us about school, we could have skipped it by accident, not having to feel so guilty." She finished, closing her eyes. Ami gave out a sigh, and leaned in to whisper something in Minori's ear. She widened her eyes.

"Ami-tan! That might be true! If it is.. I need to know!" Minori stated, looking overly enthusiastic. She glared at Ryuuji with interest. He looked back at her, with terror in his eyes.

"W-what are you looking at?" He asked. Minori kept glaring at him, almost as if she knew all of his dirty secrets. Ryuuji looked scared, literally. "S-stop staring at me like that, please." He continued. Minori grinned.

"I guess I'll have to interrogate you two once you're not that tired anymore." She said, looking as happy as ever. Ryuuji sighed a little before he let his head fall to the side, resting on top of Taiga's already sleeping head.

As classes started again, Ryuuji did his best to look as awake as possible. Halfway into their science class, a note landed on Ryuuji's desk. He could easily recognize the writing, and it was almost as if the voice of the writer played back in his head.

"Takasu-kun! Of course, I completely accept what you two have, but let me give you one warning! ~ If you ever ~ Hurt her ~ I will ~ Kick you! ~" As he read it, he felt as confused as one could be. He turned to Minori and saw her grinning at him.

'Geez, that girl..' He thought to himself before turning back to his book. 'It seems like she knows.. does that mean everyone does? I hope not.'

Ryuuji sighed gratefully as the school bells rang. He packed his books into his bag and stood up. As he turned to walk, he noticed Taiga sleeping on her desk. He walked over to her and tried shaking her a little.

"Hey, Taiga." He said, but she didn't move. She just mumbled something, and she seemed to be in deep sleep. Ryuuji sighed and rubbed his temples before he pulled her chair out carefully and lifted her onto his back.

"You're even more tired than me, aren't you?" He asked a little jokingly. He picked up her bag in his free hand and left the classroom. Minori, Ami and Yusaku was waiting for them outside of the classroom. They all gave Ryuuji a weird look as he came out with Taiga on his back.

"She passed out." He said, not stopping. They all followed him as he made his way out of the classroom. "Geez, what a troublesome day." He said to himself in a monotone voice. They walked a while in complete silence.

"Why are you guys so tired anyways?" Ami asked, not sounding like she cared too much. Just as Ryuuji was about to talk, he was cut off by Yusaku.

"They stayed up all night playing video games!" He said with a playful tone to his voice.

"Video games, huh?" Ami said with a grin. She looked over at Ryuuji, and he quickly retracted his eyes looking slightly embarrassed. He grabbed his fringe with his free hand and twirled it nervously.

"Y-yeah, Yasuko was working all night, so we decided to get together and play some games.." He said, trying to sound as convincing as possible. Ami just sighed and fixed her eyes back on the road.

"Anyways, I'm going this way," she pointed to the left, "see you later." She said as she left. After a while, everyone had parted ways and went to their homes. Ryuuji walked up the stairs to his house, Taiga still hanging over his back. He opened the door and put Taiga down. She was still sleeping. Ryuuji sat her down and removed her shoes slowly.

"Silly little tiger.." He said with a smile on his mouth. He walked into his bedroom and put Taiga down on the futon. He looked at her face for a little while, noticing how much she actually looked like a beautiful doll while sleeping. He smiled a little.

Just as he was about to put the blankets over Taiga and leave the room, she unconsciously grabbed onto Ryuuji's sleeve. He sighed, trying to pull his arm away. She tightened her grip, making him fall onto the futon. He landed on his side, looking right into Taiga's face. She wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled her face into his chest. Ryuuji sighed.

"Oh well.. It's not like I didn't need sleep myself." He said as he pulled the blankets over them and wrapped his arms around the tiny tiger in front of him.

There you go, chapter 5. There wasn't a lot of story progress in this one, this was more like an empty chapter, but I guess it doesn't matter too much.. (I hope). Anyways, I'm still working on finding out how to get the optimal line spacing, which I'm still failing miserably at, but I'm trying.