Maji Love; Reach for the Stars

Chapter Five - Demoted?

Almost done, I just need another note here and one there. Done! It's finally finished! It's been awhile since I've been outdoors; my cold really took me off guard. I had to sneak out of Ittoki and Tokiya's room after they'd gone off to class. . . Tokiya and I haven't spoken about the whole Hayato incident. . . We haven't been alone long enough to really talk about it but I am hoping that we will get to talk about it soon. I've also been living in their room for the past few days; they're scared of leaving me alone or something. "Excuse me." I stopped humming and looked up at three very handsome boys looking down at me. "Do you mind if we join you?" I nodded and motioned for them to sit down. I brought my mask down so that is was placed under my chin then took a sip of my tea. "So. . . My name is Reiji Kotobuki." The boy with brown hair introduced. He looks the friendliest of the three, he has a large smile plastered onto his face. "This is Ranmaru Kurosaki." Reiji continued while motioning to the boy with stark white hair and weird coloured eyes. "And Ai Mikaze." Then over to the boy with turquoise hair and matching eyes. I smiled and said "My name is Mikan Ichijo, but you can call me Mika if you prefer." "What are you writing?" Ai asked with curiosity in his voice. "A song. I go to Saotome Academy and I have missed a few days due to my cold. Don't worry or anything; I'm not contagious or anything." Reiji laughed and picked at his cake. "So you are a composer?" I shook my head "No, I've been enrolled as both a composer and a performer." "My data says that you're success rate will be more than 80%." Ai said as he studied me with great intensity. "That is a good thing is it not?" I laughed. Ai blushed slightly and looked down at his tea. "Do you mind if I see it?" Reiji asked. "You can have it if you'd like. It's a quartet but I'm sure you have a fourth member." I said as they gave me wide eyed looks. "How did you know that we're a group?" Ranmaru asked. "Well by the glaring I am getting from the girls around us and the quiet whispering about Quartet night; it isn't all that hard to have guessed." They looked around as if they didn't know and nodded. I slid the papers towards Reiji and he read through them with Ai peeking over his shoulder. I took another sip of tea and looked down at my phone that started to buzz. I took the thing into my hands and answered it; excusing myself from the table for a moment. "Hello?" I asked. "Mika - Nee! Hello!" Toma's voice rang. "Hey. What's up?" I asked him. "We just wanted to see how you were doing. Isn't that right Hiro?" I heard a agreeing sound in the background and I smiled. "I'm fine. I am just having a cup of tea out at this little cafe not too far from the school. I shouldn't stay on the phone too long because I'm sitting with some people." I told him, looking back at the boys who were writing things down on the papers. "Oh really? Then I shouldn't keep you. We're still coming over this weekend ya know!" I laughed " I would never forget! I'll talk to you two soon. I love you two." "Love you too!" Hiro and Toma said together. I shut the phone and walked back over to the table. I feel like they had more to tell me. . . but I guess it can wait until Friday. "This is amazing." Renji said as he looked up at me. "You wrote this all on your own?" Ai asked. I nodded. "I spent all of this morning on it." "We should go and show Camus." Ranmaru said as he pushed his chair back. "Do you want to come?" Ai asked. "I don't know where we're going but sure. I'd like to hear what you do to my song." I told him as I re - placed my mask over my mouth and gathered up my purse. Ai held his hand out to me and I took it gratefully and entwined my fingers with his. I found that a lot of people like to hold me closely. . . "So Hika - Chan. Tell us more about yourself." Reiji said as he looked back at me. "Well I'm not that special. I can't remember anything prior to the age of seven and it was Shining Saotome who found me. He offered me a chance to attend the school. I couldn't exactly say no to his offer either." "I went there you know." Reiji said as he waved for a taxi. "Really?" "Yes. I now attend the. . . well I guess you could call it the university section but it's for students from the school to record and sell music." Reiji ducked into the taxi and I followed after him; Ai right behind me. "So did you go to Saotome academy too?" I asked Ai and Ranmaru. "No. We both didn't." Ranmaru replied. "Look we are here." Ai said as he pointed out the window. I leaned forwards so I could see and was amazed by how big the school was. It is just as elegant as Saotome academy but this one is much larger. The taxi stopped and Ai helped me out; not letting go of my hand. "So how exactly are we going to find Camus - Kun?" I asked as Ai led me up some stairs and into the building. "I texted him telling us to meet us in the conference room so we can work on the song. You write lyrics too right?" Ranmaru asked. "Yes. I gave the song a title but you can change it if you want to." Reiji shook his head. "No it's good. We already have a great idea." Ai told me with a smile. We'd wandered down a few halls and now Ranmaru has taken us into what must be the conference room. There is a long table with several chairs and there is a boy sitting at the end of the table with longer hair. He's very handsome and has strikingly grey eyes. "Is this her?" He asked. "Yes, Camu - Chan! This is Mika - Chan. She is the one who's given us this amazing song!" Reiji exclaimed as he skipped down to the end of the table and put it down in front of him. Ai pulled out a chair to the right of Camus and then sat on my left. I held Ai's hand tightly as Camus read though the song. I don't know why I felt so nervous but his presence scared me. He smiled a little and then looked over at me. "This is very very good. Did you have a direction you would like us to go in with this song?" He asked me. I nodded and he slid the papers over to me. I slid my pencil out from behind my ear and let go of Ai's hand for a moment as I wrote in the first few words of the song. "I'm only really picky about this part. The rest you can do." I hummed along to the tune of the song and wrote in small print the parts that I think they should sing. "Give in to temptation. My promise to you. I'll rock you hard. With my deep emotions." I sang quietly then slid the papers back to Camus. He smiled and nodded. "We can work with this." "Let's get to work then." Reiji exclaimed as he took one of the papers. I smiled and watched quietly as they collaberated on what to write. It was amazing watching them work; maybe someday I'll be able to work with others like this again.