Now the Flower Blooms... (CLOSED; Dodson123)

"No I'm not." He doesn't look at her. "Every lie has a small truth inside of it."

She let go of his hand and grabbed Arata's shoulder pushing her slightly and they walked off.

Hibiki sighs. "She hates me now. Who wouldn't?" He continues his walk.

Hibiki bites his bottom lip. He sighs and walks towards the society.

Aika and Etsuko could be seen walking in along with Gou. He laughed and so did Etsuko, she put her hand playfully on his shoulder. Well that seemed pretty out of place for Etsuko to do.

Hibiki's cheeks flush. Why? He walks up to the doors and pushes them open, stomping in.

Etsuko looked over at him. Well everyone did. One little girl jumped up and hugged his waist. "Hibiki-Kun!!! You're back!!!!!"

Hibiki smirks at her and hugs her.

Chi was so happy. She thought that he had given up.

"Hey Chi." He lets her go.

"Hibiki-Kun! Why did you come back? Is there a special reason! Oh who am I kidding I don't care!" Chi was so happy to she him again! He couldn't wait to tell him she was now a Class D player.

"Its good to see you too." He glances at everyone else and looks back at Chi.

"I'm a class D player now! Gou helped me! I know all 100 poems. Aka helped with that." She was so happy.

"Thats good." He pats her head. "Im so proud of you."

She smiled brightly. She was no where as good as they were but better than she was. Hibiki leaving inspired her to work harder.

Hibiki looks at her. "I still need to learn how to play, don't I?"

She nodded. "Yeah." She smiled wide though. "I know you'll be able to do it!"

Hibiki smiles. It felt nice to have someone believe in you. He glances at Etsuko but quickly looks away.

She took his look to be one of challenge but she could careless. She had someone to match her ability. Gou sat across from her and she bowed. They mumbled thanks and turned to the reader and said thanks.

Hibiki kneels next to her and watches the game.

Etsuko easily took five cards in a row. Gou made a couple of faults trying to take like cards before Etsuko. It didn't work. By the time they were done, Etsuko won by 24 cards. She bowed and said thanks to Gou for playing against her. Across the room one other girl was done at the same time as Etsuko. It was of course Etsuko's sister. The older one of the two stood and stretched her arms. She brushed past everyone and sat with her sister and began talking to her.

Hibiki stands up and walks towards Chi.

Chi smiled. "Are you ready to get back to playing?" She smiled and put out her hand to him.

"Yes." He kneels next to her.

She smiled and began shuffling the cards.