I'm trouble - yeah trouble now
I'm trouble y'all, I disturb my own town
I'm trouble - yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all, I got trouble in my town…

Sakuno's cell rang…

"Oh shit…it's Tai…" Sakuno groaned when she heard the pre-programmed ring-tone for her boss at RADZ.

Sakuno snatched the cell on the night stand, debating for a second if she should pick up, before mustering up her courage to press the little green button. Instantly, Tai's shouts could be heard.

"SAKRYU! Why did you not turn up for work today!! Do you know the trouble that you've caused me!! To be late is one thing, BUT to not even turn up at all is pushing it WAY TOO FAR! You hear me young lady! You've upset MANY customers, and I had to give out a few free rounds on the house to calm them down! Do you know how much that costs me!" Tai shouted so loudly that Sakuno had to put the phone a good few inches from her ear.

"H-hello…?" Sakuno croaked, and added a few coughs for good measure. "I didn't mean to ya know, I was sick. And I can't s-sinng." Sakuno added making sure she cracked her voice at the word sing.

"…" Silence at the other end, Tai considering the new information and debating if it's true.

"It's t-true." Sakuno intoned. Finishing off with another bout of coughs.

"You'll better not be lying to me now…" Tai grumbled, he wouldn't put it pass the girl to lie and feign illness.

"Damnit Tai!" Sakuno squeezed out between her fake coughs. "I have the god damn doctor's bill with me! If you want to see prove! You can pay for my medical bills while your at it!"

Another pause. No doubt Tai was deliberating this thing over.

'Please let him believe me already, please let him believe me and leave it at that…I don't know where I'm going to get a doctor's bill from if he wants to see it. Let Tai just believe me.' Sakuno chanted mentally.

Sakuno coughed again.

"Fine, I'll believe you for now. But, you could have called earlier to let me know so that I could get a replacement, and we can avoid all those hassles and unhappy customers! You should have enough sense to…" But he was cut off by Sakuno.

"I'm sick, my mind's not working well enough for me to think. So, could you let me get some rest already…the sooner I recover the sooner I can go back to work." Sakuno deadpanned.

"Alright, get some rest." With that Sakuno flipped her phone shut.

'Whew…that was a close one...glad that was settled...now I can rest in peace.' Sakuno heaved a sigh of relieve before flopping down on her bed, and she was about to fall asleep until her grandma came into her room.

"Sakuno dear did I wake you?" Grandma Sumiere asked.

"No grandma, I was just lying down for a while." Sakuno replied.

"Well dear…I have something important to tell you. I have to leave here for a while; a dear friend of mine is in the hospital…" Grandma Sumiere trailed off.

"O-oh dear…I'm sorry to hear that…I-I understand, I'll take care of the house while you're gone." Sakuno assured.

"Well…about that Sakuno…I'm not comfortable with the idea of you staying alone…and I had taken the liberty to get…well…a friend of mine to take you in…"

"What!? B-but…" Sakuno cried; shocked by the news.

"I know it's a shock and I understand your reserves with living with someone else, but it'll put me so much more at ease to know that there is someone who could look after you while I'm gone…"

"B-but, I can take care of myself, I am old enough…a-and I would hate to impose." Sakuno spluttered.

"Please Sakuno, do it for me? Put your old grandma's heart at ease while she's away ok?"

"I-I…" A deep sighed, "Who am I staying with?"

"Thanks dear, this means so much to me." Grandma Sumiere smiled, drawing Sakuno into a hug.

Sakuno could only grimace inwardly at the idea of living somewhere else.

"You'll be staying at an ex-student of mine's. Echizen Nanjirou has agreed to let you stay with them. And yes dear, it's Ryoma's place."

Sakuno's eyes widened to two big saucers.

"No Way." Sakuno shook her head in disbelief, to which her grandma only nodded matter-of-factly.

'Crap…I'll be staying at Ryoma's! Not that it's a bad thing… I just don't know how I'm going to live through this, I'll probably die…I mean I still blush when I'm with Ryoma, if I'm going to be staying with him too…oh my god…and what if he finds out that I like him…oh no…I mean a part of me is eager to be able to see Ryoma 24/7 to see him in his normal clothes, eat what he eats, see what he spend his free time on when he's at home and all that…but there's also the other part…and I wonder if Ryoma's going to be ok with a classmate staying at his house…not to mention…'

"Sakuno, I think you'll better start packing, I'm leaving tomorrow evening, and I will be sending your things there in the afternoon or so." Grandma Sumiere piped up.

"A-alright…" Sakuno replied in a daze.