Touga meets his match By: An-chan Before you read the product of my general distress and happy thoughts, there are some things you must know. First of all Touga and the rest of the cast of Utena do not belong to me (although I wish they did). The only character that is mine is Claire, so you may not have her without my permission. This Fic takes place between episodes 4 and 7 in the series. All flames, comments, praises and other such fanmail are welcome :) Arigato ne ~ Angie (aka. An-chan) Touga meets his match -- Part I -- by An-chan Touga Kiryuu walked along the path that led to Ohtori Academy. It had been over a month since Utena Tenjou had come into his life, and yet he still hadn't managed to win her heart. He could win any girls heart, why not hers? "Oh, to be able to understand women." Touga said with his eyes pointed heavenward. "Love them? Yes. Seduce them? Of course! Understand them…? That would take a miracle." His thoughts were interrupted by loud music coming from the school gymnasium. Curious, Touga walked over to the doors and peeked through the window. Inside he saw a girl with short brown hair, wearing a pair of blue jeans and a tight red shirt. Entranced, Touga stood watching this beautiful, obviously foreign, girl dance to a fast paced song. When the song ended, Touga reached for the door handle, planning to find out who this girl was and applaud her performance. Then he noticed another girl, in a school uniform, skipping towards his mystery girl. "That was wonderful, Claire!" shouted Wakaba. "How did you learn to dance like that?" Blushing, Claire turned in Touga's direction, "Oh, I just make it up as I go, I've never really learned how professionally" she said with a smile. Noticing she was being watched, she looked directly into Touga's eyes then quickly turned to face Wakaba. Grinning to herself, "That should leave a good impression." Claire thought to herself. Touga walked away in his lost in his own thoughts, "A new girl on campus I don't know about her? I must not be myself. Utena, now you have clouded my social life too." "Guess who?" said an annoyingly familiar voice. "Hello, Nanami," sighed Touga. "Just what I need now, my sister…" he thought, then he had an idea. Taking Nanami's arm, he coyly asked if she had heard any gossip about a new exchange student. "Why yes, it's so fascinating that you ask," Nanami replied in an excited voice. "There is a sixteen year old exchange student from the States, Claire Tenshi, all the guys are fawning over her, I have no idea why, maybe it's her violet eyes. Anyway, she's fastly becoming the biggest heart breaker on campus. And she's only been her a few weeks. She's pretty popular with the girls too, she's just so cheery. Imagine that, I think it's weird." Touga smiled, even if he was out of it, he still knew how to get exactly what he wanted from his sister. Sure it was cruel to use her misguided crush on him to his own advantage, but he wasn't known for being a heart breaker for nothing. Then a fascinating thought occurred to him, what would happen if the biggest playboy on campus were to befriend the biggest playgirl on campus. Touga meets his match -- Part II -- by An-chan Claire Tenshi walked the hallways with Wakaba, classes didn't start for another half-hour, so they wandered, still helping Claire get her bearings. Sure, she had been there two weeks, but it was a huge school. Claire thought of that mysterious guy, such long red hair, an entrancing face, and why did he wear a different uniform. Maybe Wakaba would know, she seemed to know who's who. "Wakaba, why do a few of the guys wear those different uniforms?" asked Claire. "Oh, there are three guys, and a girl who wear more distinguished uniforms, they're in the student council." answered Wakaba. "Who is the one with the long red hair?" Claire asked with a smile. "That's Touga Kiryuu, he's the student council president, I would stay away from him if I were you, he's broken so many hearts, he's the biggest playboy on campus." Wakaba said in a matter of fact tone. "Then again…" "Then again… what?" Claire asked. "Oh, nothing." Wakaba blushed. "I know what you were going to say, I've only been here two weeks and I have guys swarming all over. Honestly, I have no idea why. It must be my natural beauty and charm." After saying that, Claire laughed out loud. Wakaba not knowing what else to do, joined in. They continued to walk though the hallways. When the two girls reached one of the main courtyards, a few boys walked up to Claire. With big grins on their faces, they asked if they could carry her books, walk her to class, and even hold her hand. Claire blushed at all the attention, but she was used to it. When she was in grade school, boys wanted nothing to do with her, but once she got into the middle school, they were all over her. At first she didn't know what to do, and she wasn't sure if she liked the attention. Then she started playing along with all of it, which made the boys flock even more. She discovered if you do some spy work and remember people's names, they like you even more. "Silly boys, you'll just have to wait till later, I'm spending quality time Wakaba." Claire said in a sweet and flirtatious voice. As she and Wakaba walked away, she turned around and blew a kiss in the air. Playing hard to get and being slightly flirtatious also worked very well… As they continued walking down the hall, they met up with Utena. Wakaba greeted her with the usual over powering hug. Claire watched in amusement. When Utena finally shook her friendly attacker off, she said politely said hello to Claire. They had only met briefly a few days ago, but any friend of Wakaba's was a friend of hers. "So, what have you two been up to this morning?" Asked Utena. Claire was about to answer, but Wakaba beat her too it. "Claire has been flirting with all the boys…again, and daydreaming about Touga!" Wakaba said in a giggly voice. Claire started to protest, but Utena started talking before she could. "Touga, huh?" Utena said. " He is a piece of work! I still can't believe that he sent me that awful pink dress. Still he…" The sound of the first bell interrupted their conversation. The girls said their good-byes and split in different directions to get to class. Claire walked away thinking about what Utena had said. "So Touga was in love with Utena." She thought. Anytime a girl calls a guy a piece of work because he sent a pink dress… "Well Touga Kiryuu, it seems you may be in need of my help". Touga meets his match -- Part III -- by An-chan Later that day Claire stood poised in the middle of the Gymnasium, waiting for a song to begin playing. Her urge to dance had gotten stronger ever since she had arrived from the states. As the song started she gracefully extended her arms, flowing with the music. She had chosen a slower song than her earlier choice of Revolution that she had danced to this morning. She didn't remember what the words meant. It was something about the wind. She closed her eyes to the beautiful sounds of violins and piano. When the words of the song started, she began to sing along. When the song ended, she heard a click of a stopwatch. Claire's eyes flew open; a member of the student council was sitting on the bleachers. "I didn't mean to startle you I heard music playing from next door, I'm sorry," Said a handsome blue-haired boy. He got up and turned towards the door. "No, wait, it's ok, please…"Claire said. "My name is Claire Tenshi, you're in the student council aren't you?" The boy turned towards Claire. "I've heard a lot about you, Ms. Tenshi. My name is Miki Kaoru, and yes I'm in the student council." "You're Miki?" Claire said excitedly, "I've heard the most wonderful things about your piano playing, I was hoping I would get to meet you." Miki blushed at the complement. "I couldn't persuade you into playing a song for me, could I?" Claire asked. "Well I was going to practice, I suppose you could listen." Miki said. They walked next door; it was a large room, rather like the gym, but inside was a grand piano. Miki sat on the bench and began to play. Claire stood in awe of his skill. For the rest of the afternoon they sat together, talking while Miki practiced. For the first time in a long while, Claire didn't want to flirt profusely. Miki was different. He was so shy. She didn't want to put such a sweet person through her little games. When they decided to leave, they just shook hands and went their separate ways. Claire went back to her dorm, for the first time, having a genuine crush on someone, and not knowing what to do about it. By the time Claire had finished her dinner and her homework, it was time for her to go to bed. She walked into her room, "It's times like these I'm glad I don't have a roommate." She said as she put on her flannel pajamas. "Still, it does kinda get lonely…" "Poor girl, it's a good thing I came over." Said a male voice. Claire quickly flipped on the light. She must not have paid attention when she got it the room. Lying, with his shirt off, on her bed, was Touga Kiryuu. "I'm sorry, did I frighten you?" Touga said in an attempt at innocence. "Yes, you did, Touga. But I am glad for the company." Claire smiled "Now either get out of my bed of move over, I'm very tired." Claire said. With a flirtatious grin on his face, Touga moved over. Not at all surprised, Claire climbed into bed with this handsome man. "You are exactly what I've heard, such a play-girl, so shameless, I am honored to be in your presence." Touga said. "I am honored to be in your presence, you're quite the play-boy as I've heard." Claire said. " I have a few things I would like to discuss with you, but first you need to be quiet. Touga looked confused, but he watched and listened as Claire said her prayers. When she was finished, he thought a moment. "So you are also a good girl?" Touga said, almost surprised. Before he could say anything else, Claire put a finger on his lips and said "Yes I am, that is why I am only going to kiss you." Touga meets his match -- Part IV-- by An-chan Claire leaned closer and pressed her lips against Tougas'. He was slightly shocked that someone could be more forward than him, but he soon got over it. The kiss sent shock waves of passion through both of them. They clung to each other in the heated kiss for as long as they could stand. They took turns tackling each other, smothering each other with passion. When they finally broke free, they stared in amazement of each other. Claire was the first to speak. " I can see why you're the biggest playboy on campus." She said in a coy voice, twirling Touga's long red hair in her delicate fingers. Touga smiled and turned towards this bewitching girl next to him. "And if you were a man, I would defiantly have competition for the title." He said, as he slowly inched back to her lips. Claire stopped him and sat up. "I'm not who you're after." She said in a serious tone. "You have your heart set on Utena Tenjuu." Touga propped himself up on one elbow and smiled. " And I am not who you're after. You've fallen for Miki Kaoru." "Yes, and neither of us knows how to the ones we want." Claire said sadly. Then a thought occurred to her. "Touga, why don't we form a bit of an alliance." Touga raised an eyebrow, but Claire went on. "I'll help you win Utena, and you help me with Miki. We need to change if they are to fall for us, so no more flirting. We drop the flirting in public, and meet here if we need to get out any…pent up passion." "And it can be our little secret." Touga added. "Then it's a deal?" asked Claire. "Deal, and now to seal it with a kiss" The next morning…. When Claire awoke the next morning, she turned on her side, to look where Touga had been. Instead of finding her new…friend, she found a small silver ring. She picked it up with curiosity. "This is Touga's student council ring, why would he leave it here? He's going to start suspicions if I'm wearing his ring. I guess I'll give it back later." Having said that, Claire shrugged, and quickly got ready for school. She had the feeling it was going to be a rough day. Keeping away from guys was going to be a task in itself. It didn't help that she was exhausted. Touga and she had spent a lot of the night getting passion out of their system… When she arrived at school, she headed straight for the music room. As she approached she saw Miki, standing in the doorway, talking to a girl. "What are you doing here if you don't plan to play the piano, anyway?" Miki said, annoyed at the girl in front of him. "I can come here if I want to." The girl said, as she tucked in her shirt. "The music room isn't just for playing the piano, Miki." The girl abruptly turned, fixing her tie as she walked away. She walked up to Claire and another girl. "Good-morning, how are you?" Claire asked. "Good-morning, I'm fine." Replied the girl. Claire watched as Miki walked into the music room, she thought of following, but she wanted to find out who this girl was. "How do you know Miki?" Claire asked, getting right to the point. "Oh, he's my big brother." The girl replied, "oops, look at the time, I gotta go!" With that the two girls quickly walked away. Claire wondered why they hurried off so fast; they didn't even introduce themselves by name. She turned around, only to see Touga walking towards her. He fixed his slightly disheveled hair and uniform as he approached. Claire quickly put two and two together. "Hey, you were just fooling around with Miki's sister! You're going to need some serious help!" Claire said in a half aggravated, half disappointed voice. "So are you, you have competition, I suggest you look in the music room." Touga said, turning to leave. Claire quickly grabbed his arm. "Wait, you forgot something…" Claire said, as she pulled the silver ring out of her bra. "I believe this is yours." Touga checked his finger, and to both their surprises, his ring was still there. "Ok, so why did you give me a ring?" Claire asked. Touga stood confused but he took the ring from Claire's hand, and slipped it onto her finger. "Why don't we keep this our little secret for now, I'll explain later." Touga said, hinting that he would defiantly be over later. Later that day…….. Claire sat in math class, waiting for the teacher to arrive. Everyone was just sitting around talking and gossiping. Claire saw Utena and Wakaba in the corner, but stayed put, she really needed to study. The room was suddenly filled with whispers and swoons. Claire looked up to see Miki walk into the room. He held a white rose out to Utena. He said a few things, but the whispering was too loud for her to hear. The only thing she caught was Miki saying, "I'll be waiting." "What is that supposed to mean?" Claire thought. Touga meets his match -- Part V-- by An-chan As soon as classes were over for the day, Claire hurried back to her room. Since her parents were on the wealthy side, they made sure she had her own suite and dorm wing all to herself. Claire thought it was rather silly, but now having to keep so many secrets, it would come in handy. She opened her door and threw her books on the table. She had had a rough day, so she sat in her favorite chair without looking first. "Well hello there." Touga said, smiling. Claire clutched her heart in surprise, she really had to start looking first, she had just sat on Touga's lap! "You have got to stop scaring me like that." Claire said, as she slowly calmed down. "So much for relaxing." "You can still relax, you just need to come a little closer." Touga said, pulling Claire in for a kiss. Several Minutes later… "Well, Touga, you must have held in a lot today." Claire said as she caught her breath. "You'll be proud to know, the little incident in the music room was my only slip up of the day." Touga said, sounding rather proud of himself. Claire slowly got off of Touga's lap and started walking to her bedroom. Touga followed. Claire attempted to shut the door on him. He stood with one foot in the doorway, grinning. Claire shook her head "You are impossible." Undaunted by her male onlooker, Claire proceeded to change out of her uniform, into a pair of jeans and a yellow sweater. "What is it with Americans and jeans?" Touga asked. "They're very comfortable and durable, don't mock them 'til you try 'em." Claire said very matter of factly. She walked to the doorway, kissing Touga on the cheek, "Come on, I'll fix us dinner, you have an awful lot of explaining to do." Claire quickly walked to the kitchen, before Touga even caught up, Claire had everything cooking at all the timers set. "ok, you have twenty minutes, start explaining." Claire said, as she sat on the counter top. "What would you like me to explain?" Touga said, as he sat at the kitchen table, resting his chin on top of his hands. Claire held up her left hand. Touga began… "only those marked as Duelists wear the rose seal." Touga went on to explain all about the duels, the duelists, and 'end of the world'." Just when he had finished telling about the last duel, involving Miki and Utena, the timer rang. Claire looked around confused, her head swimming from everything she had heard. When it dawned on her that the timer was ringing, she quickly jumped off the counter and turned off the burners. She added a few special ingredients and put the dinner on the table. Chicken and rice with stolen sweet and sour from a fast food restaurant at home. Touga raised an eyebrow at the unusual color of the rice. After trying it he complemented Claire on her cooking. But seeing the distraught look on Claire's face, got up and stood next to her. Claire looked up at him, in the most pathetic way. "I have no idea how to handle a sword." She said softly. Touga returned to his seat and stared across the table. He couldn't help but smile, then he began to laugh. Claire was at first offended, but realizing how pathetic she must have sounded, she began to laugh as well. In a more serious tone, Touga smiled, "I'm sure you could get Miki to teach you, he does fence at the national level." In an equally serious tone, Claire smiled, "So tell me Touga, why haven't you gone against Utena yet?" Touga meets his match -- Part VI-- by An-chan The next morning, Claire walked into school with a big smile on her face. Many boys tried to talk to her, but she just walked by, as if they didn't exist. Her night with Touga really helped… As she neared the music room, she heard the familiar sound of Miki's piano playing. Claire walked in and sat on the very edge of the piano bench. Miki continued to play, lost in his own thoughts, almost unaware of Claire's presence. Claire watched Miki for a while, slowly memorizing the notes he played. Claire began to press some of the same notes as Miki. He looked at Claire, surprised, but not missing a note. Claire continued in her attempt to play. She faltered as Miki looked at her, and when she struck a wrong key, she also bumped against Miki's hand. Blushing, Claire attempted to move over, but forgot she was already at the edge of the bench. Soon Claire found herself in a heap on the floor. Miki stopped playing and extended his left hand to help her up. Forgetting about her ring, Claire extended her left hand. When their hands met, there was a slight clash of rings. After Claire was brought to her feet, Miki continued to hold her hand. He turned it to confirm his suspicion. "You have…" Miki stared in confusion. "Yes." Claire interrupted, "I know all about the duels, that's why I came here, I need someone to teach me to fence." "Ask Miss Jury, she is much better." Miki said in an upset voice. "Trust me, Miss Tenshi, you don't need my help. In case you didn't know, I lost my duel with Utena yesterday." Having said that he turned and walked away. "You can't let that stop you, Miki. You have to fight for what you want." Claire called after him. "Maybe teaching someone else will help you improve." Claire said hopefully. Miki turned around about to speak, but Claire continued "You should tell her you won't lose next time, and then be her friend. By the time your next duel comes around, you'll have her off guard." Miki walked up to Claire, "Maybe your right…meet me here tomorrow before school," he said. Claire smiled as he walked out the door. A few seconds later, Touga appeared in the doorway. Smiling at Claire he said "Shame on you…stealing my ideas." Later that day, when Claire was walking to class, she saw Miki approach Utena and Wakaba. "I was careless yesterday, but next time I won't lose." Miki said, and promptly walked away. Claire smiled to herself, her work was done for the day, now to go home and celebrate… Touga meets his match -- Part VII-- by An-chan The next morning, Claire stood in the music room, waiting for Miki to arrive. Checking her watch, she realized she was considerably early. Slowly, Claire walked over to the large grand piano. She sat down on the bench and began to hum "The Sunlit Garden". Using her voice to lead her to the notes, she began to pound out a few of the notes. Slowly she became more confident of the melody, and continued to play and sing. Claire looked up to find Miki watching her. "How long have you been standing there?" she asked. Miki approached Claire and reached out his hand. Blushing, Claire gently put her hand in his and lifted herself off the piano bench. After a few moments of being locked in each other's gaze, Miki broke the silence. "Shall we begin, Miss Tenshi?" Regaining her composure, Claire nodded. "What's first, oh wise master?" She said with a grin. Miki raised an eyebrow. "It was a joke, you can fight back you know." Claire said. "It doesn't hurt to joke around, you should try it some time." Miki turned and walked toward the door. "Hey" Claire called after him, "Are you giving up on me already?" she asked. "Yes." Miki said. Claire stood bewildered, but then Miki's serious face broke into a smile. "No, I'm not giving up on you, I'm going to get the practice swords." He said. Claire ran up to him and put shook his hand. "You're a fast learner." She said with a smile. When they arrived at the Gymnasium, Miki handed Claire a practice sword. Claire swatted in the air with the thin sword. Miki raised an eyebrow. "Do you know how to use that thing?" he asked. "Sure" Claire answered. "The pointy end goes into the other man." With one motion of his sword, Miki knocked Claire's out of her hand. He looked up at her and stated "We have a lot of work to do." Many days passed. Claire trained with Miki, and when the classes ended, Miki would practice his piano. Claire would dance using a practice sword in her motions. A good suggestion on Miki's part, and it really helped her improve. Some days Claire and Miki would sit on the piano bench and play together; some days Miki would watch Claire dance. The plan was going beautifully. Touga was making improvements as well. His nights with Claire kept him from using his charm during the day. It appeared that Touga was just very busy with student council business. Then one interesting day, the pattern was broken…. Touga meets his match -- Part VIII-- by An-chan On one seemingly normal day, (as normal as a day could be where the Student Council runs the school and secret duels to possess the Rose Bride and bring revolution to the world take place…) Claire sat alone in the cafeteria in the morning, listening to her Walkman. No one bothered her; it appeared she was in deep concentration. A sudden shattering sound woke her out of her dazed state. Claire quickly pressed the stop button. A few tables away she noticed Nanami sprawled across a tabletop, Miki looking totally bewildered and Touga looking very un-amused. "Help me, Big Brother, I just know this is the work of someone who can't stand how stylish and cute and popular I am. Big Brother, I'm scared." Nanami whined. Touga quickly stood up, jerking his hand away from his sisters' tightening grip. "If you want my advice" he said in a very annoyed tone, "I think you should stop reading so many detective novels" Nanami tried to interrupt, but Touga quickly continued "Sorry, but I have important student council work, excuse me." Nanami called after him, but he just walked away. Claire couldn't help but smile to herself. A few minutes later, Nanami walked outside and sat on the stairs "Oh my brother can be such a jerk" She said. "Oh I love hearing about other peoples family problems" Miki said without thinking. "Oh no" he thought to himself "It must be Claire rubbing off on me". "Excuse me" Nanami said, quite shocked and very annoyed. Miki quickly covered up. "Do you have any ideas, did you do something to anyone lately, is anyone mad at you?" He said in between coughs. Nanamis' friends were quick to reply to his comment. "Lots of people should be mad at her, they just don't know it yet, her policy is not to get her own hands dirty" they informed him. "Of course" Miki replied. He could not believe he had said that! He felt almost a sense of relief when Nanami got clobbered with a baseball. Shortly after Nanami calmed down and the baseball was extracted from her face, Miki happily resigned himself to spending time with Utena. About the same time as the mess with Nanami on the stairs occured, Claire sat in class, completely bored. She daydreamed for a long time. Then suddenly a sudden yell of "Runaway horse, a horse has gotten loose" brought her back to attention. She looked out the classroom window, and sure enough, a horse was running through the hallways. "What an…interesting school…" Claire thought to herself. Later that day Claire was wandering the hallways when she heard of the "mysterious prince" that saved Nanami from getting trampled by the horse. She was highly amused by this little story. At lunchtime, she wandered up to the student council's balcony to eat lunch with Touga. Today he really did have work to do, so she decided to bring joy to his boring day of work. "That is a very interesting elevator…I saw doves fly past the window" Claire said as she set a basket of food in front of Touga. He didn't even look up from his paperwork. Claire feared that she had come at a bad time. "I'm sorry, if your busy I can…" Claire's words were cut off by Touga gently grabbing hold of her arm. He kept hold of her and walked to the other side of the table. Touga lowered his gaze to meet Claire's violet eyes. "You are a welcome distraction" he said. After a leisurely lunch, and a few other…leisure activities, Touga lead Claire over to the ledge of the balcony. Touga handed Claire a pair of opera glasses. The two sat down and watched all the students walk by down below. Claire idly looked at the people milling about. Touga tapped her shoulder, and pointed to Miki and Utena. They appeared to be following Nanami around. "Did you hear you sister was saved by a mysterious prince today?" Claire said. Touga raised an eyebrow. Claire went on to tell him all about the horse, and the rumors she had heard about Nanami thinking Touga was trying to kill her. "That is the most ridiculous…" "Look over there!" Claire interrupted. Touga and Claire quickly focused their binoculars on Nanami. She was kneeling in front of a grade-school boy. A safe distance away Miki, Utena, and Nanami's three little followers watched in confusion. "It looks like she's professing her undying love to that kid." Claire said. "Come on, let's go." Touga said, getting up from his chair. "I have a boxing match to prepare for this afternoon." Touga meets his match -- Part IX-- by An-chan Later that day Claire stood outside with a crowd of people at the boxing match. Touga was doing well. Claire noted that most of the people gathered were girls, all of them happily drooling over Touga's chest. The guys in the crowd were basically there for the later match that Touga was supposed to box a kangaroo. After Touga had defeated the days normal boxing opponents he took a break. Claire brought him his jacket and a bottle of water. No one really noticed, they were all to busy prodding at the kangaroo. A sudden sound brought everyone to attention. A loud "I DON'T CARE!" came over the loudspeaker. Everyone looked around in confusion. "Wasn't that your sister, Touga?" Claire asked. Before he could answer a cry of "The kangaroo has gotten loose!". Apparently the combination all the people prodding and Nanami's "ever so pleasant" voice caused the kangaroo to break free of his cage and run on a rampage. Everyone ran to follow, including Claire and Touga. "It's headed for the main courtyard, I know a short cut." Touga said, pulling Claire along. As they neared the courtyard, they could see Nanami carrying a little boy and running from the kangaroo. Touga ran ahead, jumped the fence and proceeded to knock out the kangaroo with one punch. A crowd soon gathered and began to cheer. Claire pulled a mallet out of nowhere and tossed it to Chu Chu. Happily the little monkey-mouse took the mallet and rang the bell, which also seemed to appear from out of nowhere… When all the commotion ended Touga walked off into the sunset with his sister and the little boy, only looking back to impress Utena. "What an interesting day…" Claire said. "Yes, a very interesting day" came a voice behind her…. Miki's. "Miss Tenshi, I would like to talk to you." He said, almost urgently. "Sure, Miki, why don't we go to the music room, its quieter." Claire said with a smile. A few minutes later Claire and Miki sat on the piano bench, Miki playing, Claire attempting too (and failing). "What is it you wanted to talk about?" Claire asked. Miki stopped playing and turned to Claire in a most distraught manner. "Today has been unusual…" Miki began. "Not only because of Nanami, that boy and the kangaroo…But Miss Tenshi…I…was outwardly sarcastic for the first time in my life!" The cutely blushing, obviously embarrassed, Miki hung his head in shame. Claire couldn't help but giggle "I must have had an effect on you" she said almost proudly. Noting that Miki was very lost for words, Claire mustered all of her newly lost courage. " And you've had an effect on me…Miki…I". Realizing it was now or never, Claire quickly leaned over and kissed him. Overly shocked, Miki pulled away and jumped up from the bench. He blushed and stood dumbfounded. "Oh no…I'm such a…" not being able to finish without breaking into tears, Claire dashed out of the room. Ending #1: Claire gets Miki Ending #2: Claire gets Touga