I'm sorry for the delay on this chapter, but I'll do my best to make it good.
I hope you'll all bear with me, and I hope I'll be able to continue this fic as smoothly as before.

The human brain can be quite peculiar at times. It can put thoughts into the head of a person, thoughts that have been stored within their minds, but never really gotten out.
But in the end, these thoughts might emerge. It could be anything, from something small to something bigger. One never knows.
They can be thoughts that appear within your head, and make you feel happy, or relieved. Other times, it can make you feel downright crappy. It can appear into your head at a random time, even in your dreams. Just one tiny thought, or an idea, that might set something off inside of you. Just that little 'What if'.

'What if I really am just a burden?'The girl asked herself, her arms tightly clutched around her legs, her knees pulled up under her chest. She sat there silently, in the corner of the room, just gazing at the ceiling. The light from the stars bathed the ceiling in a faint light, holding that drowsy feeling over her.

"What are you doing?" the boys' voice asked her from the futon. His voice was faint, and it was clear that he had just woken up. He slowly sat up and ruffled his blue hair before looking at the watch hanging on the wall, squinting his eyes to adjust his sight.
"It's 3 am," he muttered.

"I had a dream." The girl answered with a monotone voice, her eyes still fixed on the ceiling. She looked lost, as if she wasn't really there, except from her physical form. Her being, her sole existence, seemed lost.
"It was an unpleasant dream, so I thought I should look at the stars for a while," she muttered, "though it's only a reflection."

"You're speaking nonsense," the boy sighed, "you must be half asleep. Come back to bed." He lifted the blankets a little as to invite her in, but she didn't respond.

"Ryuuji," the girl started, and it seemed like her existence had returned, and she sounded more like herself again, though this brought a sad tone upon her voice.
"Was that dream true?" She asked as she looked at the boy, making the boy react quickly. It was as if he could sense something about her, and he knew that something was wrong.

"Taiga," he said with a concerned voice as he swiftly moved over to her and sat down on his knees in front of her.

"I dreamt that everyone looked at me as if I was nothing but a burden," she started and looked down at the floor, "and in the end of that dream, you gave me the same look." She looked back up at Ryuuji and saw the concern on his face.
"And it all felt so real, I didn't know what to do!"

"You idiot!" Ryuuji exclaimed as he put his hands on Taiga's shoulders, forcing her to look into his eyes.
"You're not a burden, and you never have been!"

"But you always take care of me, Ryuuji," Taiga uttered, "almost like it was your job."

"I don't look after you because I have to, I do it because I wish to!"
Ryuuji's eyes filled with something like determination as he kept talking.
"I know how it feels to not have a father to live with, and at the moment, you have no parents to live with at all," Ryuuji looked almost desperate now, "so please just let me take care of you!"

A blush suddenly started creeping over Taiga's face, but she shook it off abruptly, putting on a stern posture.
"Hmphf, fine!" She said with a voice that Ryuuji could only recognize as Taiga's 'I don't care' side which he had seen so often before.
"Then you better make up for the fact that you screwed up the difference between Valentine and White day, for starters!"

Ryuuji sighed as he smiled stupidly.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll do my best," he waved a hand in front of her face.
Taiga stood up and grabbed Ryuuji's hand, dragging him back to the futon, making him lay down.

"Sleep, dog." She said with a stern voice as she lay down over him.
"And, Ryuuji," Taiga's voice softened as she looked into his eyes, "Thank you."
…

"Crap, crap, crap!" Ryuuji sputtered as he ran back and forth in his house.
"Taiga, get up, we're going to be late!" He shouted, earning only a loud groin from his room, sounding like a displeased cat.
"This happens every time," Ryuuji muttered under his breath as he pulled the bread out of the toaster.
"Taiga!" He shouted again as he rushed into the bedroom and started shaking the girl out of her sleep.

'SLAP!' Ryuuji rushed out of the bedroom with a hand to his face.
"Just get up, will you?" He muttered.
'She's so grumpy in the morning, I should start wearing an armor!' Ryuuji thought to himself as he hurriedly packed his bag and put in some money for lunch at school.

"Why are you stressing so much?" Taiga asked with a tired voice. She was standing in the door to the kitchen, still in her pajamas.
Ryuuji pointed at the watch hanging on the wall, and Taiga looked at it with drowsy eyes.
".. Oh."

…

"Hurry!" Ryuuji exclaimed as they jogged towards school, both with a slice of toast in their mouths. They entered the schoolyard just as the bell rang, and they hurried to their classroom. Not wasting a single second, they got down on their seats just in time for homeroom. Ryuuji dried a bead of sweat away from his forehead before settling down, fixing his concentration towards the blackboard.

"As some of you might know," the female teacher started, "we're going on a school trip in 2 weeks." Some low chattering and whispering started emerging from the class, but the teacher didn't seem to notice, and she kept talking about the trip. Apparently, they were going to Okinawa, a place with a nice beach and everything. And they were also going to stay at some nice hotel, Ryuuji noted.

To no surprise, a voice broke out from the back of the class.
"How do we know you're not just trying to set us up for the program, sensei?" Haruta asked with a sheepish voice, making his classmates both sigh and laugh at the same time.

"P-program?" The teacher asked him with a nervous look on her face. Their teacher was known for being easily affected, and pretty sensitive on some matters.

"And it begins," Noto muttered with a sigh, and it looked as if the class was about to burst out in laughter, waiting for Haruta to continue.

"Yeah, the program. Like in Battle Royale, you know?" He said with a faked serious face. "Kill or be killed, that kind of stuff!"

"What are you talking about, Haruta-kun?" The teacher asked, looking like she was about to burst out crying. She really was sensitive.

"You did it, Kouji!" Another male student shouted, and people started laughing and cheering at the class idiot, like always. Haruta sat there with a sheepish smile on his face.

"Thank you, everyone, I highly appurciate your support," he said jokingly.

"I'm pretty sure it's appreciate, Haruta." Noto said with a stern face, making Haruta glare at him with confusion written all over his face.

"Excuse me, Yuri-sensei," Kitamura started, getting the teachers attention while the others kept blabbering uncontrollably. "How will the rooms be organized?"
Yuri-sensei looked a little relieved as she finally got a proper question, and she started going through some paper at her desk, before laying one in the front of the desk for everyone to see.

"W-well, there will be 4 people per room. You can choose for yourself who you want to be in rooms with, and once you've all agreed, come and write yourself up with your roommates on this list." She said with a slightly shaky voice, before quickly adding something; "And of course, only 1 gender per room!"

"But, sensei, that's unfair!" Haruta exclaimed with disappointment on his face.

"It's not like any of the girls would let you sleep in their room anyways!" Noto said jokingly, making Maya and the other girls giggle like crazy at the expression Haruta gave Noto. Their teacher could only sigh and sit down by her desk, hoping that the class would seize their rambling as soon as possible.

"Oi, Ryuu-tan!" Haruta shouted, and it seemed like the joy had returned to his voice. Ryuuji turned around in his seat with a frown on his face.
"Can me and Noto join you and Yuusaku?" He asked with a grin. Ryuuji could only sigh and look to Kitamura, who had already raised his thumb into the air.

"Sounds good!" He exclaimed, grinning back at Haruta. Ryuuji sighed again.

'This is going to be one hell of a trip.' He thought to himself. 'What about Taiga, though? I know she'll be with Kushieda and Kawashima, but who's going to be the 4th person?' He could see the Taiga was thinking the same as him. This was going to be a tiresome trip, and they both knew it.

Okay, this was a very short chapter with not a lot happening, but I finally managed to find something to write about. Yup. Their trip.
I think I'll be able to get a few chapters out of the school trip, so it's a start to getting rid of this writers block, at least.
Next chapter will most likely be up by next week ~