Sanada was sitting in his class going through his class notes when Kimihiro arrived. He was somewhat glad that they didn't have morning practice that day. He could concentrate on Kimihiro for once. But what should I say? He looked at her from the corner of his eyes. Kimihiro sat down, went through her homework and then stared out of the window.

Sanada shifted in his seat, ready to say at least something. But stopped, when he heard the classroom door open. "Yo!" Niou greeted him as he stepped in. Sanada's strict face was back on. "What is it?" he was annoyed at the trickster for interrupting his plans. He briefly looked at Kimihiro sitting beside him then turned his attention back to the trickster.

Seeing Kimihiro sitting next to Sanada, he flashed her a smile "Hey, Elle." "Hey Haru-kun." She replied with a smile. Niou smirked at the nicknames they'd given each other. They weren't particularly close, but being the fun loving people they were, they decided to give each other cute nicknames.

Sanada, on the other hand, felt a pang of jealousy. They have nicknames for each other? How close are they? She doesn't even call me just Sanada. It's always Sanada san. His face looked like a deflated balloon. One that didn't go unnoticed by Niou. He smirked, "I need to talk to you." Sanada nodded and followed him out of the class.

As soon as they were out, Renji came in and sat on Sanada's seat. "Konichiwa Renji san." Kimihiro greeted. Renji only nodded in reply. "I have an important message for you." He began in a mysterious way. "Ok?" "We will be going to the amusement park in the outskirts of Kanagawa, this weekend. The captain wants you to join us. Your friend Arima Yuna has been invited too. So, will you come along?" Renji's words fell on deaf ears because Kimihiro was in deep thought. He's going out with the team! How could he! He didn't even mention it once. And I've been sitting here with him for such a long time! Trying to avoid me like I'm beneath him. Acting all high and mighty as if I don't deserve to hang out with your team. Well, too bad I'm going. "Umm.. Kimihiro?"Renji waved his hand in front of her face. "Huh?" Kimihiro asked, coming out of her trance. "Are you coming, then?" Renji asked again. "Oh yeah!" Kimihiro answered, a little too enthusiastically that made Renji raise his brows in confusion. "Uhh, it's nothing, Renji san." she waved it off. "Thanks for inviting me." Renji nodded and left. And Kimihiro went back to thinking. You don't want me there, eh? I'll make sure to give you a shock you won't forget. Rotten gorilla. Taking advantage of my soft spot-Hey! No! No soft spots for gorillas.

Once out of class, Sanada spotted Yukimura standing near the stairs. He smiled and waved at his fukubuchou. "I have something to announce. I've made an important plan." He said seriously as niou and Sanada came to stand in front of him. "And?" Sanada asked. "We're going to an amusement park after our Saturday morning practice. We have our district prelims coming up and I think we should spend a little more time together to make our bonding better." Sanada had a confused look on his face, "A-amusement park? But that's for kids!" Yukimura had an ominous smile on his face. "You have a better idea?" "W-well, ummm, I-I guess that's fine. Amusement parks are great." he gulped. Niou only smirked at his reaction. Yukimura could achieve almost anything he set his eyes on. The first phase of their captain's plan was working out smoothly. He even saw Renji leave Sanada's class without anyone noticing him. This would be fun.

The conversation didn't last for too long because of the bell ringing and Sanada was saved from having a cardiac arrest from his respected yet sadistic captain. He was free to go to the safety of his class. But once he was in his seat, he noticed that something was very wrong. Kimihiro was mad. No, that's not it. She was furious.

Sanada sat near the courts, eating his lunch. He couldn't really understand why she was so mad at him. She was right. I really don't know women. He sighed. Ever since he got back in class after talking to Yukimura and Niou, she refused to look at him. It was like the air was thick with tension between them. But it could just be his wild imagination too. After all, he was nervous about making up with her (sort of).

He looked to his side and saw Kimihiro standing around with a few other girls, talking and laughing. He suddenly realized that he knew almost nothing about her other than the basics. I don't know about her likes or dislikes. Maybe talking to her friends would do the trick. Once again he looked at their direction and paled. He wasn't going to talk to a bunch of giggly school girls. Especially regarding their friend. Well, I AM a school boy. I just have to… I'll just find some other way.

Suddenly, he felt someone's presence beside him. He turned to see Renji biting into his own lunch. "There is a 57.67% chance you're checking a girl out." He said. Sanad snorted. Count on Renji to know the truth along with figures. "No. I was just thinking." "Ahh. Then I assume you were thinking of the girl you were looking for." He inquired. But he was replied with only silence. Renji smiled. "What?" Sanada asked, not really liking his friend's reaction to their awkward conversation. "Oh, nothing." He said waving it off. "I am just looking forward to seeing you all this weekend. That's all." Sanada gave his friend a dubious look. He wants to go the amusement park that badly? Would Kimihiro want to go as well? What sort of things does she like? He wondered.

Sanada suddenly had an idea. Renji is our data master. Could he have a few pages on Kimihiro as well? Should I ask him? Will my reputation remain unscathed afterwards? He pondered for a while. But when he finally decided to ask the data master, Renji had already left. He face palmed. Maybe it's a sign to not ask him anything at all. He sighed.

Kimihiro stole glances at the fukubuchou sitting not too far away from her and her friends, eating his lunch without a care in the world. He's awful. He doesn't even feel like letting me in on his team things. Just look at him! Not a trace of guilt on that handso- umm horrid face. Utterly horrifying face!

She wasn't even paying any attention to her friends' conversation. Only one pair of blue eyes kept track of her silent huffing. Arima smiled and observed her friends antics. It was Kimihiro who had suggested that they eat lunch near the courts. Arima had asked her the reason for that but got stutters and weird hand gestures in reply. Seeing that her friend would rather suffocate herself than answer her, she complied. Kimihiro would rather be caught dead than admit her real reason for choosing said spot.

Kimihiro tried to concentrate on the conversation her friends were having. No use trying to think of that bully. He just doesn't want me near him. That's why he's been avoiding me. Maybe I shouldn't go? Wait, I'm going for Yu-chan and Yukimura san. I do not need to think of him. Yes!

Satisfied with her thoughts, she was finally able to concentrate on the current conversation but to her surprise, the conversation about the person she didn't want to think about. "Hey, did you see Sanada san just there?" A girl named Tina said nudging the girl with brown hair next to her. "Yeah." She said fanning herself and winking. "He's hot. Whether he's scary or not is a different case. But he's definitely an eye-candy." Kimihiro, once again turned towards said man. He's ok, I guess. Nothing to go ga-ga over, right? She bit her lip. Well, ok, maybe he's a little handsome. But only a little bit. He shouldn't be frowning- "Hey, Kimihiro chan!" Tina called her out of her musings. "You sit beside Sanada san, don't you?" she only nodded meekly. "Isn't it fun? Sitting by The Emperor all through the high school years?" Kimihiro only scratched her head dumbly. "You're no fun, Kimihiro. Never noticing the cute guys." The brunette said and Kimihiro scoffed. Arima laughed. Only if they knew.

To be continued…

A/N: This chapter could be a little crappy. Please review. Criticism is highly appreciated.