Well well well what can i say about me now..? I dunno.. well this is... uum... it's.. well.. enjoy? XD

"Please forget about my confession"

That single line has haunted Azuma's mind for the last few days. In the serene night of the full moon, Kazuki asked Kahoko to forget about his confession. Azuma stood against the wall, straining his ears to hear every single word between them. As he took in their conversation, Kazuki's feigned cheerfulness caused the flutist' eyes to be immersed in a pool of darkness. But as much as he wanted to help that very good friend of his, he could not let the single person who knew about his dark side go. Staring at his parked black car did not calm the chaotic turmoil inside his head.

-So he confessed huh? Why do I even care this much?-

He rested his slender hand on the windowsill and scanned the school gates which were bathed in the fallow hues of the sunset. Numerous students, all of whom viewed him as the perfect role model of Seisou Academy, were making their way home.

"Kaho-chan! There's a sale in the cake shop in front of the train station!" Kazuki eagerly shouted to Kahoko who was walking a few feet in front of him.

"Really?" Kahoko exclaimed in delight.

"Do you have time today to eat the discounted cakes with me? I don't know who I should take and it's no fun to eat cakes alone..."

"Of course I would love to go with you! Too bad both Mio and Nao have roster duty today..."

"Let's hurry Kaho-chan! The cakes might finish already! You have no idea how many cake fans there are!" Kazuki warned Kahoko as he started jogging towards the school gates.

Azuma watched the trumpeter and the violinist ran through the school gates and around the corner.

-Hihara is not as childish as he seems-

Once the two concours participants disappeared from the view of the window, Azuma lost all interest and turned away. Those two people were the only reason he still managed to conceal his dark side all day in that hell.

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(Oh my god! Thank goodness Mio and Nao have roster duties! Mio and Nao, you should leave Kaho-chan more often! This is like a d-d-date!)

As his legs sprung forward one after the other, he tried to dye his face back to its original colour. His eyes cautiously darted to the whipping locks of red hair beside him and ended up having the same train of thoughts. When he could not handle his vigorously beating heart, he lowered his gaze unto the slate grey pavement beneath their shoes. A wave of panic suddenly surged through him. The reflex system inside his body was activated.

"DON'T STEP ON THE CRACK, KAHO-CHAN!"

"Huh? Wh-?" But Kahoko did not get to finish her sentence because she was more than surprised to find her feet not even touching the ground anymore.

What occupied most of Kahoko's vision was only one object and by the shade of Kahoko's face, a very stunning object indeed. The close-up of Kazuki's slightly shocked face caused the little voice inside Kahoko's head to shriek fanatically. She could feel the collarbone under Kazuki's uniform against the palm of her hands and there was no way she could ignore the touch of Kazuki's hands on her waist. She never imagined that she would ever be able to gaze upon Kazuki's amber orbs without tilting her head upwards but she was proven wrong.

"I like you," he had said on the roof.

"Please forget about my confession," he had said on the street.

"I was mistaken!" He explained.

Was it really true? Kahoko could not help thinking.

"Stepping on cracks is b-bad luck..." Kazuki stammered after being frozen for several moments.

"Can you put me down now?" Kahoko quietly asked as her feet dangled above the teeny crack on the sidewalk.

"But there's a crack..."

"Put me down beside the crack..."

"Ooh... Oh right! Sorry Kaho-chan!"

After the students got over the unexpected but affable event, they continued chasing down their little piece of heaven, oblivious to the piercing glare that came from the window of an expensive car droning nearby.

"Those lovebirds look familiar," muttered the charcoal black-haired girl inside the luxurious car.

"Ojou-sama, can we leave now?" Her chaffeur asked from the front seat.

"No wait... I think this is important. I'm sure my amazing memory will remember who they are... I never forget anything!"

"My apologies, ojou-sama, but are you sure? You still don't remember my face..."

"Now what makes you say that?"

"You thought I was a kidnapper when I tried to fetch you from school..."

"Did I?"

"You screamed and got me arrested and the main house had to call the school just to let me go..."

"That means I haven't seen your face enough!"

"I've worked for this family even before you were born..."

"Are you trying to say that I shouldn't scream when I see an old man with a suspicious and odd-looking face approaching me?"

"My face has always been like this..."

"Are you trying to say that I shouldn't protect my precious self?" She asked, the back of her hand on her forehead and her face bearing a dramatic expression.

As usual, ojou-sama got the wrong impression, the chaffeur thought silently.

"More importantly, if we don't get back to the house on time, your impression as a fiancee candidate will be tainted."

The chaffeur could feel glee glowing inside him as his mistress gasped in shock and choked on her own saliva.

"That's terrible! Bring me back right now!"

The chaffeur smirked maliciously. Knowing the ojou-sama's weak point definitely has its advantages.

"But does Azuma-sama still accept me as his fiancee candidate?"

"From now on, you'll be attracted to other different things, experience various encounters and improve yourself. You'll be doing such things and if you think about it after that, you'll learn it's not too late," Azuma advised with an elegant smile.

"That's right! Besides, don't say silly things like 'no matter how many other mistresses there may be!' It's not like that, right? Because after all… You want the person you love to look only at you, right?" the plain-looking girl who pretended to be Azuma's fiancée chipped in.

"Yes!" Ayano replied.

"Well, as a guy, something like that would look pretty lonesome…" a tall, forest-green-haired guy who came out of nowhere commented.

"That's right! Something like that would be impossible! Right, you two?" a younger looking guy with a different shade of green hair, chirped with his cheerful and carefree voice.

She always wondered where that mysterious group of people came from. She had a feeling that they were peeping but she had no proof. Then they hid in the cupboard and then they just went home after saying a few lines.

=Why were they there?= she thought to herself.

=WAIT A MINUTE! THOSE LOVEBIRDS!=

She tried to focus on the blurry background surrounding her shining Azuma-sama. She could only remember their striking hair colour but there was no doubt about it. Those voices that advised her on her biggest moment of humiliation were the same voices that just stammered and sputtered over a mini crack on the sidewalk.

=THAT GIRL! She's the one who pretended to be Azuma-sama's fiancée! He definitely lo- Ugh it's too disgraceful to be in my line of thoughts! HOW DARE SHE PLAY AROUND WITH THAT BOY? Wasn't she the one who said that a person would want the one they love to look only at them?=

"Unforgivable," the black-haired lady whispered in vehemence. How could she, the perfect and noble heiress of the family lose to such a two-faced average girl who obviously lost to her in terms of manners, education and beauty? What does she have to do to get the affection of her first love? While she was busy making herself a more suitable fiancée candidate for her Azuma-sama, the girl he likes was actually fooling around with his friend.

"You're not going to get away with this," she cursed under her breath as a plan weaved in her head.

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-Since Hihara got to spend time with Kahoko yesterday, it's only fair if I take her for myself today... An eye for an eye makes the world turns. If not then it's going to be an even more boring world- Azuma thought as he watched the walking Kahoko through the tinted window of his car.

When he decided that it was time to kidnap Kahoko, he noticed two guys in black suits come out of the car in front of him and tailed Kahoko. With his hand still on the handle of his cushioned car door, he briefly examined the car in front of him.

-That symbol... The Takashina family? Ayano?-

One of the men in black made Kahoko collapse by covering her face with a drugged handkerchief. The two men started carrying the unconscious Kahoko into the car they emerged from.

-That girl really has no class- was the last thought that ran through Azuma's head before something inside him snapped.

By this story... i think it's kind of obvious what i'm going to do? It's well... As i said this is kinda a sequel.. but not really.. but kind of.. well uuh... i've certainly never written bout them before n i dun think i've seen anyone write bout ayano before.. well.. i'd like to finish la corda MY WAY.. so everyone gets a chance! XD Hope u like it and well thats it! review? XD It'll really help..