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A New Start?🔪
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Additional Notes: Hey! I'm sorry for my short absence from posting! School has been crazy as of lately and it's taken up most of my time. But I'm back and making more chapters!!! Hopefully I'll get back on track with posting, but thank you agian for sticking with me this long!!🩷🩷
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My eyes open up, and I'm met with a brighter world. The slight dullness is gone, and I can now see the brightness of the world once again.
I let out a yawn and stretch, but I don't get up. Instead, I cuddle up to my blankets and embrace their warmth.
I start to imagine that my blankets are someone. I'm not imagining Taeko, instead my mind is filled with thoughts of (Y/N).
I can't help but smile at my thoughts of him. I cuddle further into my blankets, and I imagine that (Y/N) is right next to me.
In my mind, he is still sleeping comfortably, and his back is turned to me. I pull him closer to me, and I can feel his back up against my chest. I look down at his face, and he is at peace. He looks handsome and everything I could ever want.
The thought is a nice one, and one I need to make come true soon. I can't keep living without him. I need him by my side.
This motivation causes me to get out of bed and start to get ready for school.
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On my walk to school, I decide to use this time to text Info. It's been a few days since I've texted her, but I need her help more than ever.
I need your help.
Oh? Where did you go for the past week?
I'm sure you know.
How clever. I do know.
But I need your help.
Is it about your Senpai?
No.
No? What happened?
I thought you would know already.
I know a lot, but not this. Now, tell me I must know.
I've switched my focus.
Really? To who then?
To (Y/N).
I should have seen this coming eventually. But what do you want me to do?
Give me any new information about people who are getting close to him, just like how you did for Taeko.
Of course. As long as you are willing to help me.
What is it?
I need you to set up more bugs.
Where?
Anywhere you haven't yet, but I want your first target to be the infirmary.
Why?
Because there is a new nurse. The old one had to take care of something, so I think it's about time you bug that area.
Okay, I'll get it done soon.
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When I make it to school, I decide that I would set the bugs during lunch. But for right now, I want to look over (Y/N).
When I was still in love with Taeko, I didn't do a great job watching over her. But when it comes to (Y/N), the same won't happen.
I'll watch over every last move he makes.
I wait by the lockers to see if he is going to come. I eventually see him with Taro and Taeko, but something unusual happens. The three of them rush past the lockers, not bothering to switch out of their outdoor shoes. They then make their way to the nurse's office.
Once they get into the office, I decide to go over as well. I go over to the nurse's office and try my best not to make anyone suspicious of my actions.
Unfortunately, when I make it to the nurse's office the door is closed. One of them must have closed it once they were all inside.
I decide to take a seat and wait for them to come out.
Ten minutes pass by, and eventually, the door opens up. Taeko and Taro come out, but (Y/N) doesn't.
I decide to take a peek inside of the nurse's office since now the door is wide open. I look inside, and I can hear a bit of the conversation (Y/N) is having.
I'm not able to get too close, but from what I hear, the new nurse needs help.
(Y/N) accepts to help him and then leaves. Before (Y/N) can see me, I quickly go the opposite direction.
While I walk away, I think of the new information that I now have.
I guess bugging the nurse's office will be more worthwhile than I thought.
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It's lunchtime, and I can't wait to set up the bag. Since (Y/N) is now going to spend more time in the nurse's office, I'll get to find out more information about him.
I quickly go over to the nurse's office and open up the door. I take a quick look inside, and I notice that the nurse isn't inside of his office. He must have gone to eat his lunch.
I quickly look around the room and then close the door behind me. I take out the bug that Info gave me, and I go over to the nurse's desk and place it underneath it. I then go over to one of the beds and place a bug underneath it.
While I'm getting up from crouching down, I hear the door slide open. I can feel my heart slightly stop.
I can hear the person let out a 'Hmmm...'
I turn around, and I'm met with one of the student council members. I notice that it's Aoi Ryugoku, who is one of the most feared student council members. Her vibrant blue hair, poor posture, and eyepatch would make you think she was one of the delinquents. But her white and red uniform, and red armband all indicate that she is a part of the student council.
Ryugoku looks at me before turning around and walking out the other door and closing it.
Once she leaves, I can't help but frown. I always hated the student council members. I thought they were nuisances and another obstacle in my way.
I walk out of the nurse's office, not wanting to linger further in it.
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I decide to stay after school today, but I don't stay for my club. Instead, I'm staying for (Y/N). I was waiting for him to leave, so I could follow him, but he never showed up. I then figured out that he went to the nurse's office.
I decide to stay after school to do my cleaning duty. It's been weeks since I've done any cleaning, and I'm surprised I haven't gotten in trouble yet, but I should start cleaning now before I do.
I make sure to clean near the nurse's office so I can see once (Y/N) leaves.
I sweep the same surface and wait patiently for him to come out. I wish I could see inside, but the bug I planted will give me an advantage.
While I'm down the hallway, I hear a door slide open. I turn my head, and I see (Y/N) walking out of the nurse's office.
A smile starts to form on my face when a realization hits me. (Y/N) doesn't have anyone to walk home with. He is going to walk home by himself.
I quickly leave to put the mop and bucket away. I put them in the bathroom, but I don't bother to dump the water or clean the mop. Someone else can take care of that. Because right now, I need to take care of (Y/N).
I go over to the lockers, and I see him closing his locker and walking out of the school. I quickly change out of my indoor shoes and into my outdoor ones. I close my locker and follow him.
I make sure to keep a safe distance from him, but I also make sure that I'm not too far away. I follow him, but sadly, he doesn't do anything interesting. But that can also be a good thing. He just goes straight home.
I decide to leave before (Y/N) can go inside. I don't want him to turn around at the last second and spot me.
I start my own walk back home.
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pink-tonic · 2 days
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I can’t wait for the next chapter ><
It’s so good, Also Take your time okay! ^^
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OMG THANK YOU!!!🩷🩷 you're just in luck too cus I just finished editing the newest chapter and I'm going to publish it in like 15 seconds after this post😭
But I'm happy you're enjoying the story so far, and I'll always make sure to take my time since I don't want to give you guys sloppy chapters but thanks for sticking around hope you stick around till the end!!!🩷🩷
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pink-tonic · 21 days
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New Week and a New Nurse📰
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Additional Note: I just want to say thank you all who have supported my story. Whether it's leaving notes, reposts, messages, or follows. I really appreciate it 🩷🩷 We are only around halfway through the story, so I hope you stick around for the future rivals. But thank you again for the support, I appreciate it very much ◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜
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It's Monday, and I'm walking with Taeko and Taro to school. It's a very calm morning, and that's how I like it. The breeze is soft, and the light from the sun is welcoming. The weather is perfect. As we walk down the road, I can see familiar students walking to school. The area around me is filled with their chatter, and it's just as perfect as the weather. It's not too loud or too quiet. It's just perfect.
I'm not paying attention to what Taeko and Taro are talking about since I'm in my own world.
That is until I hear a noise.
"Are you okay, Taeko?" Taro asks his older sister.
I'm snapped out of my thoughts, and I look to the side, and I see Taeko on the ground. Taro goes over to her and helps her up.
"Yeah, but it hurts," she answers back once she stands up, "That's never happened to me..."
I look at her, but her knees catch my attention. Both of her knees are scraped.
"Teako, your knees are scraped," I point out as I walk over to her, "Let's head to the school and go to the nurse's office."
Teako looks down at her knees, and she winces at the sight of her knees.
"Yeah, let's hurry up and go."
We walk alongside Taeko, but at a slower speed since we don't want her to feel more pain.
It only takes a few minutes to get to the school, and we rush to the nurse's office, not bothering to switch out our shoes.
I open up the door for Taeko and Taro, and they both walk in.
"Miss Kankoshi, can you help us out?" I call out to the nurse as I close the door to the infirmary.
"Oh! Miss Kankoshi isn't here today," an unfamiliar voice reveals to us.
I step further into the infirmary, and on the other side of the room, I can see a man. I can see that he is cleaning something up, and broken glass is scattered around the ground.
I approach the man, while Taro goes over to a bed and helps Taeko sit down.
"Where's Miss Kankoshi?" I ask the unfamiliar man.
"Oh! She had a family emergency to take care of, so I'm the temporary nurse until she comes back. I'm Mr. Kina. It's nice to meet you!"
The man gets up from the ground and tosses the napkins to the side. I can now get a better view of him. He is wearing the normal white nurse uniform, he has light pink hair, kind violet eyes, and in general, he has soft and gentle features.
"Well, Mr. Kina, can you help out my friend? She scraped her knee and needs help," I explain to him the situation.
"Oh, of course I'll help!" He goes over to Teako and leaves the mess behind.
I look down at the mess on the floor, and I start to wonder how it happened in the first place.
I walk over to the others, and I can see Mr. Kina is examining Teako's knees.
"How did you fall in the first place?" Mr. Kina asks Teako.
"I... I don't know. I might have slapped on a rock or something, I'm not too sure."
"Well, you'll heal fast! This isn't anything too serious!" Mr. Kina reassures her, "Ummm... could you give me the rubbing alcohol and cotton?"
Mr. Kina points to me, and I nod my head. I go over to one of the cabinets and look through it. I soon find what I'm looking for. I've been in the nurse's office many times, so I know where mostly everything is.
I walk over to Mr. Kina and I hand over what he asked for.
"I didn't even need to tell you where it was!" He asks with surprise.
"I've been here many times, so I kind of know where everything is," I explain to him.
"Oh! Well, I hope to see you soon then," he tells me before helping to tend to Teako's knees.
What did he mean by that? Wouldn't he wish not to see me? I must be looking too into his words. I'm sure he meant nothing by it.
While Mr. Kina is tending to Teako's wound, he makes me go and look for what he needs. It makes me feel like an assistant more than anything.
Finally, Mr. Kina ends up putting bandages on Teako's scrapes.
"Okay, you should be fine now!" Mr. Kina tells Taeko as he gets up.
I see Taeko look down at her knees. She moves her legs around, but I can tell from her face that her knees still hurt.
"The bell is about to ring. How about we start heading to class?" Taro asks his sister.
Taeko nods her head and responds, "Yeah, I can rest in my classroom. Let's go."
Taro and Taeko go to leave, and I'm about to leave as well, but the nurse's voice catches me by surprise, and I stop.
"Um... so you know your way around the office, right?" He asks me softly. Almost as if it took all his courage just to ask the simple question.
I turn to look at him and nod, "Yeah. I've been here many times, so I know where most things are."
"Oh! Yes, you did tell me that. But I was wondering something," Mr. Kina pauses, unsure whether or not he should ask me the question, "Can you be my assistant?"
He gives me a gentle smile, and his eyes are filled with what looks like hopefulness. Hoping that I would agree to be his assistant.
"Why? Can't you have the headmaster help you?"
"He is a very dismissive man, and none of the teachers would know anything. I think you would be the best for it. So can you?"
I want to turn down his offer, but I do feel a bit bad for the nurse. It's clear he doesn't know much. He is clumsy and naive.
"Sure, I wouldn't mind, Mr. Kina."
"Thank you…"
"(L/N)."
"Thank you, (L/N)."
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"Really?" Taeko asks me, almost dropping her chip on the ground from how surprised she was.
I shrug my shoulders and respond, "I felt bad for him, you know?"
"Not really."
I let out a sigh and answer back, "He is really clumsy, Taeko! Didn't you see what he was doing before we came in?"
"What was he doing?" Taro asks, now interested in the conversation.
"He was cleaning something up in the next room, and there was broken glass everywhere! I felt bad, so I decided to help him, and it's only for his week," I further explain to them, I was mostly hoping that Taeko would understand better.
"Okay, so when are you supposed to help him?" Taeko further asks.
"I'm going to have to skip this week's club meeting, but-"
I'm cut off by Taeko.
"So what are we going to do while you're gone?" Taeko asks me, worried about what would happen to the club.
"We just won't do any meetings this week," I answer with a small shrug,"It's not a big deal to skip a week. You'll be fine. Just take this week off."
"Well, if you say so..."
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It's after school, and it's time for me to help Mr. Kina. I'm sure this will be easy.
When I walk into the infirmary, I'm met with a confusing sight.
I see Mr. Kina wrapped up in a bunch of bandages. For a moment, I am too stunned to move or speak. How was this even possible to do?
I'm snapped out of my confusion once Mr. Kina speaks up. "Could you help me?" Mr. Kina asks me timidly, embarrassed that I found him in such a state.
"Y-Yes, yes, of course," I quickly answer before going over to him. The bandages were wrapped around his legs and his hips. From the looks of it, he was trying to get out of them, but failed and wrapped himself into the bandages even more.
I try my best to unwrap the bandages, and eventually, I'm able to get them off of him.
"Oh! Thank you so much, (L/N)! I don't know what I would have done without you!" Mr. Kina thanks me while giving me his usual soft smile.
"No, problem. But how did that even happen in the first place?" I ask him, wondering how a grown man was able to get himself tangled up in some bandages.
Mr. Kina lets out a nervous laugh, "It's kind of a long story, but to spare you the details, I'm just a very clumsy person."
That wasn't too surprising. The first time I met him, he was cleaning up a mess he made, so I guess getting himself wrapped up in bandages isn't too out of the ordinary for him.
"So, what do you want me to help you with?" I ask, moving on to another topic.
"Oh! Yes, could you show me around the office? I know I've been in here all day, but I would like to know where everything is. Since I've forgotten."
"Okay! I guess we should start over here," I walk over to the nurse's desk, which is right by the cabinets.
"This is your desk, and this is where the syringes can be found," I go to open up one of the drawers, where the syringes are kept.
I then go behind the desk and open another drawer. "In this drawer, this is where the basics things can be found. The bandages, alcohol, cotton balls, feminine products, and pregnancy tests."
I then walk away from the desk and over to the cabinets. "This is obvious, but this is where all the medication is kept, and it should be locked at all times."
I keep going around the office and showing Mr. Kina everything. Most of what I tell him is obvious information that he should already know, but I decide to go over it with him so he doesn't forget about it.
"That should be everything I think," I tell him, ending my introduction of everything.
"Thank you for that!" Mr. Kina tells me with joy, "I think I have a better understanding of everything since you explained it."
"Of course, that's why I'm here after all," I tell him,"Okay, I should be heading home now. I'm sure nobody is going to come in right now."
I go to grab my bag that I left on a nearby chair, but Mr. Kina's voice makes me turn around.
"You know, I wouldn't mind if you came by during lunchtime," he shyly offers me.
I think over his offer. On one hand, I would spend less time with Taeko and Taro, but on the other hand, I think it's best I'm here to support Mr. Kina.
"Sure, I wouldn't mind helping you out during lunchtime."
"That's wonderful, thank you."
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I'm now walking back home, and for the first time in months, I'm walking back home by myself.
As I walk through the neighborhood, I feel something. Almost as if someone is watching me. I shrug it off, thinking it was just my paranoia taking over my senses.
But the feeling never goes away.
As I'm about to enter my home, I take a quick look behind me. And I don't see anything. Nobody is near me.
My paranoia is definitely getting to me.
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pink-tonic · 21 days
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Realization🔪
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It's Saturday, and this would be the day where I sleep in. But even though it's a Saturday, that wasn't going to happen today.
My alarm is off, but my phone keeps vibrating. In a groggy state of mind, I harshly grab my phone and take a look at who is calling me.
It's Aso.
Why is he calling so early in the morning?
I answer his call and put the phone up to my ear.
"Hello?"
"So you are awake!"
"Yeah. What happened?"
"What do you mean? Nothing happened."
"I'm asking why you're calling me so early?"
"Oh! I'm calling because we should hang out!"
Suddenly, my conversation from yesterday with Aso comes back to me. I remember that I told him that I would tell him how I'm feeling.
"Hello?" Aso's voice comes through, wondering why I suddenly went silent.
"Yeah... Let's hang out."
"Sweet! I'll come to you, so send me your location!"
He hangs up, and I'm left with my thoughts.
What am I going to do?
Am I really going to tell Aso how I feel about (Y/N)?
Well, I have no other choice.
I send Aso my location, and he responds with a thumbs up. I should start to get ready.
I get up from my bed and go over to my closet. I grab my green long-sleeve shirt, denim jeans, black socks, and my black sneakers.
When I finish tying my shoes, I hear a knock at the door. I get up and walk downstairs and answer the door.
"Hey, Ayato!" Aso happily greets me and goes in for a hug. His sudden action catches me off guard, but I accept his hug anyway.
The hug only lasts a few seconds before he breaks the hug.
"Okay, so I know how sad you were yesterday, so I decided to plan something to make you feel better!" Aso reveals to me.
"What are we going to do?"
"Okay, so first we are going to rent out some bikes!" Aso tells me the first part of his plan.
I frown at his plan, I'm not currently in the mood to bike around town.
Aso notices my frown, "C'mon, Ayato! It's gonna be fun, trust me!"
I can't help but give in, "Fine. Keep going."
"Okay, so we'll bike around town, right? Then we'll go to the local indoor swimming pool. My uncle owns it, and he hired this guy to paint a mural or something. I think it would be fun if we joined! Then we'll stop by the town and go to the beach so we can swim together!"
It sounds like a lot, but I decide to agree to it. I need to take my mind off of how I'm feeling, and maybe this small trip can make me sort out my feelings.
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When we finally have our bikes for the day, we start to bike around the town.
The town doesn't have anything interesting in it, it's just the same as always.
We then bike by the beach, and it looks a lot more lively than it did a few days ago. Which makes sense since it's daytime, and the weather is warmer.
"I can't wait to come by here at the end of the day!" Aso tells me as we bike past the busy beach.
I only give him a nod, which I think he fails to see since he is so occupied looking at the beach. I'm sure he is imagining the cool waves hitting his body and the feeling of the sand against his skin.
We keep on biking, and then we make it to a park. I can vaguely remember this park when I was younger, but the memories I can remember aren't too great. I remember sitting by myself as I watched other kids play. My dad would usher me to join them, and I would try my best to do so, but they would bully me until I left. I would eventually walk away, and we would go back to square one.
But in the back of my mind, I can recall one good memory. It's with (Y/N). I remember that we were on the swings, and he was pushing me. This was around the time when we first started being friends, and he didn't fully understand why I didn't show any emotions.
While he was pushing me, a group of kids from school came by. The memory itself feels foggy, but I can still clearly remember what they said to us.
"(Y/N), are you seriously with that freak?" A girl asked from the group.
"Hey! Don't call him that!" (Y/N) responded with anger.
"Ditch him and come play with us! That Aishi kid is just a weirdo!" Another kid commented.
"Yeah! He doesn't even smile or cry! He doesn't feel anything at all!" One more kid jumped in.
"Well, I don't care about that! Ayato is nice to me, and I want to be his friend! Just leave us alone," (Y/N) told them. I remember they walked away from us after that.
I don't know what to feel right now after remembering that memory. A part of me wants to become further attached to (Y/N), but at the same time, I don't want to.
My heart aches but also beats faster at the same time. He didn't know he could bring out two emotions in me at the same time.
I grip the handles of the bike harder than before, and I keep pedaling with more force. I want to leave the park as fast as possible.
The rest of the journey is nice and peaceful, and we eventually make it to the indoor swimming pool. At the front, Aso and I spot a man setting up to paint the wall. Another man is helping out as well.
Aso quickly gets off his bike and runs over to one of the men. He almost makes the guy fall down as he tackles him into a hug.
They greet each other, and Aso explains to him that he is here to help paint the wall. The man looks delighted and pats Aso on the back.
Aso goes over to me and grabs me by my wrist. I hobble off of the bike, and it lands on the ground with a thud.
"Uncle! This is my friend Ayato! We met in my club, and he decided to come and help out too!" Aso gives a quick introduction about me.
"Hi, there! It's nice to know that my nephew has some great friends to accompany him!" His uncle puts his hand out for me to shake it.
I return the gesture back, and he grips my hand. I'm taken off guard by his strength, but I try my best to ignore it.
"Alright, let's get to painting!" Aso exclames as he walks over to the various paint buckets and picks up a brush. I go over towards him and do the same.
We are instructed on what to do, and then we start painting.
I'm not the best painter, and it shows as I continue to paint. I look over to Aso, and his painting isn't too good either, I would even argue that his is worse than mine.
Aso catches me looking and smiles at me. "It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, Ayato! The point of this is to make whatever you want," he turns his head and looks at all the other children that have joined.
The children are painting messy stick figures, leaving different color handprints, and drawing all sorts of animals.
"Just have fun with it, alright? I brought you here to cheer you up!" Aso tells me before going back to painting.
He's right. The whole point of this is to have fun.
I continue to paint, but I'm just drawing things that can be considered 'safe'. Rainbows, cats and dogs, stick figures, and so on. But then I get an idea. I want to do it, but it'll remind me of him again.
I decide to paint it.
I end up painting (Y/N)'s favorite stuffed animal. I try to remember every detail of it. To the colors, pose, and features of the stuffed animal.
I was so absorbed in my painting that I didn't notice Aso looking over me and watching me paint.
"That's looking good!" He compliments my work, and I turn around to look at him.
"Thanks."
"It's kind of cute. What inspired you to make it?"
"It's just something that I remembered when I was younger."
"Alright, cool, cool. But you need to finish up soon."
I look around, and I notice that most of the kids have left already, and the sun is starting to set.
I decide to hurry up and finish the last few details on the painting. With one final stroke, I finish the painting. I step away from the wall, and I look at everything.
The wall is filled with different drawings and an array of colors. It's not the prettiest thing ever, but it does have a lot of personality.
"Do you like how it turned out?" Aso asks me and stands next to me, "I don't like being super sappy, but it kind of reminds me of childhood. But I guess that's a given since a bunch of the artists are children."
Aso then gives me a pat on the back, "Alright, now how about we head to the beach! I'm ready to take a swim with you!"
I can then hear Aso walk away from me and over to our bikes. I can hear him pick it off from the ground. I look over to him and follow him.
We then get on our bikes and go back the way we came.
The trip back into town feels shorter, but that could be because Aso was pedaling faster than before, and I had to keep up with him.
By the time we make it to the beach, the sky is now dark. Everyone who I saw earlier on the beach are now gone, and it's just Aso and me once more.
Aso bikes as close as he can to the beach, but once the sand takes over the ground, he gets off his bike and starts taking off his clothes.
That's when I remember that I don't have a swimsuit.
I see Aso rush towards the cold water now in his yellow swim trunks. When he goes into the water, a big splash is made. He takes his arm from under the water and waves over to me.
"Ayato, get in! It's cold, but it feels super nice!" Aso happily exclames as he swims further into the ocean.
I get off my back and step into the sand. Before I walk further, I take off my shoes and place them next to my bike.
I walk closer to the water, and with each step, I can feel the sand get in-between my toes. The feeling feels familiar yet foreign. Sure, I was here last week, but I was only an observer to Aso's actions, I wasn't a part of it.
I see that Aso stops swimming and looks over to me. He happily waves his hands around, ushering me to join him.
"I don't have my swimming trunks on me," I tell him softly, hoping I don't have to talk louder.
"Just go in like that!" Aso tells me. I look down at my clothes, which would in no way be good for swimming.
"C'mon, Ayato! It's only for one day! Have some fun!"
Aso is right. It's only for one night.
I start to take off my green long-sleeve and my black socks. I'm only now left in my pants. I slowly start to step into the water, and my muscles jolt at how cold it is.
I walk further into the cold water, now feeling accustomed to the new feeling. I fully ease myself into it, and I start to swim just like how Aso taught me.
I start to swim towards him, and he happily splashes around once he sees me swimming over towards him.
"See! It's not so bad, is it?" Aso asks me as he swims over to me.
"I guess it really isn't."
For the next hour, we swim and splash around in the water.
I have never experienced this type of fun before. Not with (Y/N), Taro, or my family. I never thought I would ever feel this with Aso of all people.
After some time, Aso and I get tired, and we get out of the water. When Aso's feet first meet the sand, he collapses on top of the sand. He then has to crawl further up in order to get out of the way of the waves.
I sit myself right next to Aso, as we look out towards the water.
Aso is sitting with his legs extended outwards, while I sit with my legs under my chin and my arms wrapped around them.
"So... are you going to tell me about how you're feeling?" Aso breaks the calm silence with his question.
I don't want to call the question a sudden one. For the whole day, I felt this question weighing on us as we traveled around. He wanted to ask the question, but he didn't know when or how to do it. Well, not until now, that is.
"My feelings?" I question further, wondering if he is talking about what I'm thinking.
"Yeah, you're feelings, you know? The ones about (Y/N). Remember?" Aso adds on.
"Oh, that."
"Yeah, that," Aso says before laying down on the sand and placing his arms behind his head, "So what about it?"
I revert my eyes and look off to the side, "I don't know."
"C'mon, you gotta know something! Even if it's not fully sorted out, you gotta know something about how you're feeling!"
I pause for a few seconds before answering him. Aso doesn't seem to mind the short silence, but I start to think about (Y/N).
How does he make me feel?
When I look at him, I feel hurt but also love. I want to ask myself why, but I already know why.
My heart aches when I look at him because I know that I hurt him. A part of his body is now hurt because of me. His mind has been haunted by my presence ever since the day that I attacked him. I betrayed all the trust he gave me in under an hour, and I don't think I'll have the same friendship I once had with him.
And it hits me.
Things are never going to be the same, are they? If we do talk again, it won't be with the same playfulness as it once had. His guard will be up because he won't be able to trust me.
My heart aches further at the thought of it.
But also, when I think of him, my heart beats faster, and I start to feel nervous and dizzy. The same way I felt towards Taeko.
I'm addicted to this feeling, and (Y/N) is able to make it happen. I want him by my side, and he needs to be by my side. He can't be with the Yamada siblings anymore. He needs to be with me and only me, just like how it was when we were children.
I guess I do know how he makes me feel.
"I think I love him so much that it hurts."
Aso quickly turns his head over to me, "You're in love with him?"
I nod my head.
"I never knew you would have feelings like that towards him," Aso further comments, "But I think you should at least try to confess to him or get closer to him or something!"
Aso is right. I need to get (Y/N) back, especially from those two Yamada siblings who have taken up all of his attention away from me.
I now know what I need to do.
"You're right. I'll try doing that starting Monday."
"See, now aren't I a helpful friend?" Aso praises his own advice.
I guess I was wrong about Aso. He is a helpful person to have around.
But I need to focus less on Aso and more on (Y/N).
My sweet, (Y/N). I can't wait to have you right by my side once again.
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It's Friday, and for some reason, I don't feel fully at ease. I feel like something is wrong, but I don't know what it is...
Everything is going well so far. I walked to school with Taeko and Taro, we switched out our shoes, and we are now going to the third floor.
Everything is fine, and it will be fine.
When we pass by one of the bathrooms, Taro stops and speaks up, "I'm going to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back."
"I'll go with you," I say once he steps inside of the bathroom. I then turn to Taeko, "Meet us in the clubroom, we will be right back."
Taeko gives me a short nod before leaving to go up the stairs.
I walk inside of the bathroom, and I'm met with its dim lighting. I never liked using the bathrooms in this school. They were always empty, and the lights were too dark. Plus, ever since the incident with Ayato, I've been avoiding using the bathrooms since it would be a perfect opportunity for him to attack me.
When I'm fully inside of the bathroom, I notice that Taro has already gone into one of the stalls. I look at the rest of the stalls, and they are all open except one. From the other occupied stall, I can hear talking. The voice sounds familiar, but I can't fully hear him since he is talking in a hushed voice.
While I wait for Taro, I take a look at myself in the mirror.
I look sad.
That's the only way I can describe myself. Do I always look this way? I don't like it.
I notice that my eyebags are starting to go away, but they are still there. The many sleepless nights are clearly present on my face.
I hear the sound of the stall opening, and Taro comes out of the bathroom and goes over to the sink. He turns on the sink and then pushes down on the soap dispenser. He looks up towards me, and he is about to say something to me, but then we hear the other stall door open.
We both turn to see who the person was on the other side.
My heart drops. Because it's Ayato.
Ayato looks at us, but Taro and I look away when he does. We then hear Ayato's footsteps pass by us, and he leaves the bathroom.
He didn't do anything, but I could feel my heart rushing with fear. I look over towards Taro, and he doesn't look very bothered by Ayato's presence.
He finishes washing his hands and dries them off. "Let's go back to Taeko," he tells me as he leaves the bathroom first.
I slowly follow after him.
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It's lunchtime, and I'm making my way to the vending machines to get some snacks for Taro, Taeko, and I. I go to both the drink and snack vending machines. I get their favorite snacks and drinks. I start to make my way back, but as I'm about to turn around, I bump into someone's chest.
I almost drop the drinks and snacks, but I'm able to regain my balance. I look up towards the person, and it's someone I wasn't in the mood to see.
Kizano.
"Hello, darling," he greets me as he looks down at me, "What are you doing with all that junk?"
I give him a slight scowl, "It's for my friends."
"Oh, you mean those two Yamada siblings?" He questions, "You can't be serious, honey."
I roll my eyes, and he notices this. "Don't roll your eyes at me, honey. I haven't said anything about them."
"Yeah... but," I mumble out, not being able to finish my sentence. I was too scared to, since I didn't want to insult Kizano and make him mad.
"Hmmmm....? Oh, you're so cute you can't even insult me because you know you would be lying," he says to me, "How cute!"
"What do you want anyway, Kizano?"
"What do I want? Shouldn't it be obvious?"
I tilt my head to the side and reply, "No... not to me, at least."
"Gosh, you're so cute. You even tilt your head to the side like a puppy," Kizano points out before letting out a laugh.
I can't help but get flustered from his comment. Do I really tilt my head that often? It's not like I mean to. It's just a habit I have.
Kizano's laughter dies down and continues on, "I've come here for you, darling. I want you to come to the pool with me."
"What? No way," I answer him.
"Come on, (Y/N)."
The use of my real name catches me off guard. He usually calls me 'Darling' or 'Honey', but never my real name.
"I just want you to spend some time with me. I don't want you to be the one that got away."
I can't help but let out a sigh. Am I really going to agree to this?
"Fine..."
"How wonderful! I can't wait to see you there, my darling."
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The bell rings, and school is over. Everyone from my class leaves and pours into the hallway. I'm one of the last to leave since I'm dreading going to the pool.
Why did I agree to it?
Once the last student leaves the classroom, I follow right after her. When I go into the hallway, I see a familiar person.
"There you are, darling!" Kizano greets me and runs up to me as his velvet cape trails behind him.
"Hi."
"You don't sound too excited to see me."
For the first time, I hear Kizano's voice change. It surprises me. I have never heard his voice sound this sad before.
"I-Its just that I haven't gone swimming in awhile, that's all."
I try my best to hide my true feelings from Kizano so he doesn't become even more sad. But it seems that my excuse worked.
"Don't worry, we'll just do some sunbathing," he happily tells me.
I can feel Kizano grab my hand and lead me down the stairs. The hallways are mostly empty, which is a good thing for me. I don't want anyone to see us holding hands.
We eventually make it to the first floor, and he starts to drag me to the boys' locker room. We both go inside, and I take notice that it's very foggy. I haven't been to the boys' locker room in a while since I don't have any classes that require me to go.
"Alright, let's start getting changed," Kizano orders me, but I swear I can hear him sound happier than before.
I make my way to my locker and open it up. Even though I haven't been here in a while, all my things are still here. My gym uniform and swimming uniform are both here. I start to take off my clothes, and I go to grab my swimsuit.
My swimsuit is plain. It's navy blue with two white stripes running down the sides of it. It's the regular school issued swim uniform, so it's not very interesting.
As I'm about to close my locker, something dawns on me. My scar is now visible.
I was planning on keeping my scar hidden from everyone, but now it'll be exposed to everyone.
What should I do?
I want to hide it, but it wouldn't make sense for me to wear a long-sleeve shirt. Should I just try to hide it a different way?
Before I can think of a different way to hide my scar, Kizano comes up to me.
"Are you ready...darling?" His question is drawn out since he takes a look at me. I immediately notice that he is looking at my scar.
"What is that on your arm?" He questions while pointing at my scar.
I hesitate to answer, but I eventually respond, "It's a scar."
"A scar?" Kizano questions further, "From what?"
"A month or so ago, I was attacked while walking home," I lie to him, "But I'm fine now."
Kizano grabs my arm, and I can't help but wince at the sudden action. I can feel him brush his fingers gently across my scar.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I just didn't want anyone knowing," I softly reply, "I wanted it to be a secret."
"You should've told me."
"Sorry."
That's all I'm able to say back to Kizano.
We both make our way outside of the locker room, and we make our way to the pool. As we walk there, I can feel Kizano's hand loom over mine. He wants to hold it, but he doesn't...
We walk up the steps to the pool. When we make it to the top, I can see other students in the pool and around it.
I see Aso happily swimming alongside two Sports Club members, and I see Osano by the poolside sunbathing.
"Let's go over here," Kizano tells me as we make our way over to two sun chairs. He moves them around so they are facing the pool, and he puts them side by side.
He takes his chair and lays down on it, and I take the one next to him. As I look over Kizano, I notice that he isn't wearing the school's swimming uniform. Instead, he brought his own. They are a regular violet color, but even with a simple color change, they have more personality than the school ones.
As we lay side by side, I notice that Kizano's gaze keeps shifting towards me and my scared arm. I can feel his need to ask more questions, but I think he is holding himself back.
There is a thick silence over us, and neither one of us wants to break it. I keep quiet and look ahead, and watch the Sports Club members play around in the pool.
While I watch, I hear footsteps coming towards us. I don't care to look at who it is since it's probably just another student wanting to join the poolside.
But as the person walks by me, I notice it wasn't just any other student.
It was Ayato.
As he walked by, we made eye contact with each other. Out of fear, I fold my arms over my chest, hoping he wouldn't notice the scar he gave me.
Our eye contact eventually breaks once he walks past me, and he looks straight ahead once more.
I unfold my arms, but I keep looking at Ayato, wondering if he was planning on doing anything.
Over time, my paranoia gets the best of me, and I hastily get up. When I get up, I can feel Kizano grab my wrist, and I flinch at the sudden touch. He notices my reaction and takes his hand off of my wrist.
"Where are you going?" He asks me as he looks up towards me.
"I've got to go," I respond, "I have to take care of something at home."
It's a vague answer that is bound to raise more questions, but Kizano doesn't question further.
"Do you want me to come with you?" He asks me, and I can hear the worry laced in his voice.
I may not like Kizano, but I would like to have him with me.
"Yeah, I would appreciate that," I answer him. Giving him the go-ahead to come with me.
He quickly gets up, and we both make our way away from the pool. Before we take the first steps towards the staircase, I look behind me, and I notice that Ayato is too busy swimming to notice me leaving.
I'm thankful that he doesn't see me.
Kiznao and I make our way back to the locker room, and I'm starting to hate the silence. It's too out of character of him to be this quiet.
I decide to be the one to break it.
"Are you okay, Kizano?"
My question seems to catch him off guard, and he looks towards me.
"Yes. It's just that I'm...," he starts off before trailing off, "...I'm just worried for you, darling."
"You don't have to worry for me, Kizano. It happened before we met and you wouldn't have known. It's fine."
I hope that my words can make him feel better, but I can still see that he is worried for me.
When we make it to the locker room, we quickly change. My scar is now covered up by my long-sleeve, and I can finally
be at ease.
Kizano comes up to me, "Let me walk you home."
I only nod at his request, and he grabs my hand and holds it in his. His hand feels warm compared to my colder ones. I like the new warmth, and I can't help but intertwine my hand with his.
When I do this, I can see a slight smile start to show on his face.
While on our walk, I tell him the directions to my home. We walk through different neighborhoods, and we finally end up in my neighborhood.
The sun is starting to set, and the sky is painted with orange and pink. Making the sky look more captivating and beautiful than ever.
I look down at my hand, and I'm still holding Kizano's hand. I let go of his hand, but before I can fully pull my hand away, Kizano gently holds it in his own.
He brings my hand up to his face, and he places a gentle kiss on the top of my hand.
I look at him with wide eyes, and I can't help but become flustered at his sudden action.
When he lets go of my hand, he reverts his eyes away from me and speaks up, "I know I don't usually act like this... but I do care for you, (Y/N). Please be careful, my darling."
He gives me a soft smile, before giving me a soft 'Goodbye' and walks away.
I look down at my hand, and I can't help but smile. I've never seen this side of Kizano before. He is usually so egotistical and arrogant, but he really does care for me...
I would have never guessed.
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It's Friday, and it's an end to another week. Usually, on Fridays, I would be worrying about how I would confess to Taeko, but this Friday, I'm not feeling that.
I think I can say that I don't have feelings for her anymore.
But what now?
Sure, my world is still bright. Maybe a bit duller than before, but it's nothing bad.
I wonder if I'll ever feel love again?
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When I make it to school, I don't know what to do with myself. I have no one to talk to. Osano is still here, but he is talking with his friends. Kizano is also here, but I'd rather not talk with him.
I decide to go to the courtyard. I walk through the dark blue doors, and I'm met with the cherry blossom petals raining down on the ground. I walk to where I usually would sit with Taro. When I make it to the white bench, no one is there. Taro would usually be here, but he must have gone somewhere else.
I take a seat.
I really don't know what to do. If I was still in love with Taeko, then I would look at pictures of her to pass the time. But I've deleted all of those pictures, so my phone is now empty. The only picture I have now is one of Osano's cat when I saved it from the stalker.
But I remember I do have to do something. I need to talk to my boss about not coming today.
I get up so I can go to a more secluded area. The courtyard is a busy area. The Cooking Club members always walk by handing out food, sometimes the bullies walk by, and some other random students walk by or talk with their friends.
I decide to go into the bathrooms. For some reason, the bathrooms are almost always empty, but I shouldn't complain since that's better for me.
I walk into the boys' bathroom and go into one of the stalls. I close the stall and take out my phone. I call my boss' number, and the phone starts to ring.
"Hello?" My boss answers.
"It's me. Aishi," I tell him.
"What happened, Aishi?"
"I can't come into work today."
"Why not?"
"It's because... I need to take care of my neighbor's dog."
"That's fine. You did work some extra shifts, so you can take the day off. Just call me again if you want to work an extra shift."
He hangs up the phone, and I put mine away in my pocket. I open up the stall door and step out.
But when I step out of the stall, I'm met with two people.
Taro and (Y/N).
They both look at me, but look away when I look at them back. We don't say anything to each other, but the bathroom becomes more tense.
I leave the bathroom quickly. But when I'm walking back to the courtyard, only one thought is on my mind.
Are they friends?
I know that they were just in the bathroom together, and that shouldn't mean a lot. But I can't help but think about it.
It would make sense for Taro to hang out with (Y/N). (Y/N) is friends with Taro's sister, so it would make sense for Taro to hang out with them.
But for a quick second, I felt anger, but also... jealousy.
I don't know why I felt this way when I saw them together. I understand why I felt anger, but why did I feel jealous?
And this jealousy was directed towards Taro. Am I jealous of Taro?
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When I walk out of class, I hear someone running behind me. I don't think much of it till an arm slings over my shoulder and brings me closer to the person's body.
"Hey! I hope you haven't forgotten about our hangout!" Aso tells me with excitement.
The loudness of his voices causes students to look at us with amusement. I ignore their stares and try my best to leave Aso's hold.
"Yes, I remember," I reassure him.
"Great!" He exclames happily, "Let's go straight to the pool!"
Aso let's go of me and rushes down the stairs. I can hear the sound of his footsteps, but the sound eventually fades away once he gets to the next floor.
I start to make my way down the stairs as well, but I'm not as fast as him. I do eventually make it down to the first floor, but Aso is nowhere to be found.
I start to head to the pool, and that's where I finally find him. Aso is already in his bathing suit, and he is currently swimming around the pool.
I walk over to the edge of the pool, and he spots me. He swims over and lifts his swimming goggles up.
"Hey, Ayato!" He greets me, "You should get your bathing suit on, so we can start swimming together!"
I nod in agreement. I then leave and make my way over to the locker room. I walk over to my locker and open it up. I grab my bathing suit from off of one of the hangers. I start to take off my uniform and then slip on my swimming trunks. I place my bag in the locker and then my clothes. I close my locker and then head towards the pool.
Once I walk up the steps towards the pool, I'm met with a lot more people than before. Or maybe I didn't notice them before?
I notice two members of the Sports Club swimming around with Aso. I see two people sunbathing by the poolside. One of them is Osano, and the other is Kizano.
But I notice something about Kizano. He seems to be with someone else, but I can't tell who it is. He is blocking my view of the person.
I decide to go over to Aso and talk with him. To get to him, I have to walk past Kizano and whoever he is with.
As I walk by, I make sure to take a quick look at the person.
And it's (Y/N).
(Y/N) sees me walk past and ends up folding his arms over his chest. We make a small amount of eye contact, but I eventually walk past him and the contact breaks.
When I walked past him, I felt something. It was jealousy again. But I also felt my heartache a little.
Why am I feeling this way?
Why am I suddenly switching my feelings from Taeko to (Y/N)?
It doesn't make sense! I tried killing him only a few weeks ago, but now...
But now I want him like how I wanted Taeko.
This can't be...
"Ayato!" I hear Aso call my name, and I'm snapped out of my daze.
"C'mon! Let's start swimming!" Aso tells me as he turns around and starts swimming again.
I follow after Aso and go into the pool with him and the other members.
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While we swam, Aso would instruct me on how to swim better. He would show me different forms and help me out when I didn't get the form right.
As I swam, I could feel myself getting stronger. And that's exactly what I need. I need to keep growing stronger. So I guess today really did work out.
The sun is starting to set, and the school is about to close. The gym teacher ended up coming to the pool to tell us it was time for us to leave.
We all got out of the pool and walked back to the locker room to change.
"Wasn't that fun?" Aso asks me as we head back to change.
"Yeah, it was," I answer him.
"But after all that swimming, I'm starting to feel hungry! Let's stop by the convenience store!" Aso says while he walks into the locker room first.
"Sure," I quietly respond as I go in, too.
We change out of our bathing suits and change back into our uniform. I grab my bag and then close the locker.
Aso comes up next to me. "Are you ready to go?" He asks me.
"Yeah," I reply back to him.
"Alright, I'll see you guys in the next club meeting. See ya!" Aso yells out to the two Sports Club members who are still changing into their uniform.
"Bye!"
"See you later!"
We then start to leave the school. As we walk to the entrance, we see a few teachers roaming the grounds. When they see us, they wave at us and tell us to make it back home safely.
We eventually make it down the hill and walk onto the street. We start to make our way to the convenience store.
"Today was so fun!" Aso breaks the small silence. He stretches his arms, and he lets out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, I enjoyed it."
"Since now you know how to swim, how about we go back to the beach?" Aso asks me, hoping that I would agree, "What do you say?"
I nod, and that seems enough for him.
"Alright! I can't wait to go back! Let's go this weekend!" Aso happily tells me. I can now see a slight skip in his step as he thinks about the beach.
We eventually make it to the convenience store, and Aso picks up his pace. He stands in front of the door and the automatic doors open, and I can hear a small chime as he enters. I go inside right after him.
When I'm inside, I take a look around. I haven't been in a convenience store in a while.
I decide to go to the drink section, and that's where I find Aso. I see him getting two water bottles.
"You're getting water too?" He asks me. I can see him almost drop one of the bottles, but he is able to prevent it from happening.
"Yeah," I tell him as I open the freezer door and grab a water bottle. The water bottle makes my warm hand turn cold, and I can't help but shiver at the new feeling.
"Hmmm... what else should I get?" Aso asks himself as he walks away from me.
I decide to go to the Ramen section. I haven't had ramen since my parents left for the States. I walk over to the Ramen section and look at the flavors they have.
I didn't notice that Raman had so many flavors. I walk over to the spicy section and pick one out.
The container has the company's mascot eating the spicy ramen and sweating from the intense spiciness of it.
I go over to the chip section and pick out a bag of chips. I get the cheese flavored one. When I have everything I want, I start to look for Aso.
I walk around the small store, but I eventually find hum in the rice ball section. I see him grab three.
"Are you ready to check out?" He asks me as he grabs the one last rice ball and tries his best not to drop any of his items.
"Yeah," I answer him as I go over to checkout.
I make it to the counter and place my items on top of it. The man behind the counter starts to scan my items and then tells me my total.
I start to rummage through my bag to find my wallet. I find it and start to give him the money.
He counts it up and then opens up the cash register. He gives me my change back and then grabs a bag. He places my items inside the bag and then hands it over to me.
"Have a good day," he tells me as I grab the bag from him.
Aso is next and drops his items over the counter. The employee checks him out, and Aso excitedly grabs the bag once he pays.
"Let's go!" Aso tells me as he happily walks out of the store and onto the street.
When I make it outside, I see him rummaging through his bag. He then gets out a rice ball and quickly takes off the wrapper. He finishes it in two bites, and then throws the wrapper into the trash.
"That tastes so good!" He exclames, "I should've gotten more!"
He then turns to me, "What did you buy Ayato?"
"Ramen and chips," I tell him as I look down into my bag.
"Ramen sounds so good! Especially with cheese!" Aso tells me, "I should get that next time!"
We start to walk down the street, and it feels peaceful. Well, minus the fact that Aso is loudly eating all of his food.
As Aso is on his third and final rice ball, he asks me a question to break the silence again.
"I feel like you're too quiet today, Ayato. I know that you're usually quiet, but I feel like something is bothering you."
I'm surprised that Aso is able to know how I'm feeling. I've only known him for a few days, but he is now able to tell whether I'm feeling good or not.
"Yeah, I guess I'm a bit sad," I answer him honestly.
I don't know why I decided to let him know how I'm feeling. I could have easily lied to him, but Aso is everything I have.
I've lost (Y/N) and Taro. I'm never going to get with Taeko. Osano and Kizano are only acquaintances.
Aso is the only friend I have, so far.
"I had a feeling! But why are you all sad for? Wait, can I guess?" He quickly asks. He seems to have a feeling about what's bothering me.
"Sure," I give him the go-ahead to guess what's making me sad.
"Is it because of (L/N)?"
My eyes slightly widen at his answer. How was he able to tell?
"Yes. How did you know?"
"You may not know it, but I am very keen on details!" Aso informs me, "When you were walking over to me, I noticed you making eye contact with (L/N)! I thought the two of you were going to greet each other, but you didn't! But I could tell that you wanted to say something!"
A loud silence falls over us, and Aso can't help but let out an awkward laugh.
"Am I wrong?"
"No."
"Wait, I was right! I guess I still got it in me! But - wait, why were you looking at him like that?"
"I'll tell you over the weekend," I quickly tell him.
"Okay!" Aso agrees even though I'm sure he hears how unsure I sound, "But I have to go. My house is this way. But I'll see you soon!"
I see Aso walk away from me and down a different road.
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I make it back home and I go to make my ramen. As I start to make it, I keep thinking about (Y/N).
I hate that I'm feeling this way towards him. I want to know why I'm suddenly switching how I'm feeling.
I can't even think of (Y/N), the memories of what I did weeks ago are coming back. At first, I didn't think much of it, but now my heartaches at the thought.
I remember his eyes that were filled with terror, I remember his blood dripping to the ground and staining the gym floor, I remember how my knife ripped through his uniform, I remember how I chased him back home and how he did his best to run away from me.
I'm starting to remember it all, and I hate it.
I hate how I made him feel that way.
I feel something wet roll down my cheek. I touch it, and it's a tear.
I'm crying over (Y/N).
What should I do?
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I wake up to the sun's bright light on my face. I turn away from my window to avoid the light. I look around my room until my eyes land on my clock. It's early in the morning, and I need to get ready.
It's already Thursday.
I actually need to go to school this time. I skipped out twice already, and I can't do it again. Plus, I have plans with Aso after school.
I go to grab my phone, and when I turn it on, I'm met with my wallpaper of Taeko. I frown at the wallpaper.
When I look at her I feel so...dissatisfied. I don't feel happiness, I don't feel love, I don't feel anything positive. Just a few days ago, I was so attracted to her. She was everything to me. But now I don't even want to see her.
It's not hatred. No, it's not that at all. I just don't care for her anymore.
I would turn off my phone, but a text message from Taro catches my attention.
We need to talk.
This isn't one of his usual text messages, this one seems more serious. And I can't help but feel a bit of fear. I've never felt this way before. I'm actually scared for once...
I don't like this feeling.
'What?' Is what I respond with, hoping that it's nothing too serious.
I don't think we should be friends anymore.
I'm a bit surprised by how fast he responds, given that he sent it late last night.
Why?
It's because I feel that you're not making an effort to keep this friendship going.
Okay.
I hope you understand.
I leave the messaging app and close my phone. I let out a sigh in frustration.
I really did mess up.
But who really needs him? It's not like Taro did anything good for me. I only had him around because (Y/n) drifted away from me. (Y/n) was a better friend anyway. Taro was so boring. Always having his head buried in a book, not even caring to start a conversation with me.
He was useless anyway.
I take my blankets off of me, and I get out of bed. My feet met the cold, hard wood flooring, but I get up and make my way over to my corkboard. The corkboard is filled with pictures of Taeko. Clear shots, blurry shots, upclose, and far away pictures. It's filled with every picture I've taken of her. Red strings are scattered around the board, and a few of them even take the shape of hearts.
After work would end, I would come home and look at this and admire it. Taking in her features and all my hard work, but now I only see it as a waste of energy.
With anger, I snatch one of the pictures off the corkboard. It ends up ripping, and the pin holding it in place falls to the ground.
I continue to rip the pictures off the corkboard and the red strings, too. When I'm done, my bedroom floor is covered with pieces from the photographs, pins, and red string.
I walk away from the corkboard and leave the room.
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For the rest of the day, I avoid both of the Yamada siblings. I don't want to see either of them. I try my best to make it through the day, so I can go to the club.
Luckily, Taro made it easy for me and switched his seat in the classes I have with him. He would usually sit next to me, but he switched his seat, so he sits somewhere else now.
At least he did something right for once.
Finally, the last bell rings and I can now go to my club.
I make my way outside and head straight to the changing room. I go inside and head to my locker. I change into my gym uniform, but as I'm taking off my shirt, I hear someone.
"Hey, Ayato!" Aso greets me. He walks over to his locker and starts to change, too.
"Hey," I greet him back. I put my uniform in my locker and close it.
"You still remember our plans, right?" He asks me as he takes off his clothes and reaches into his locker to get out his gym uniform.
"Yes, I do."
"Cool! I'll see you after we're done."
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"Alright, Ayato!" Aso yells out, running over to me and wrapping an arm over my shoulders. The force almost trips me over, but I'm able to balance myself.
"Where should we go? I didn't actually think I would make it this far," he admits to me with a nervous laugh, "I thought you would turn my invitation down right away."
I ignore his statement and question further where we are going.
"Oh! Right, right. Let me think...," Aso starts to think, but it looks like he has no idea where to go, "Hmmm... honestly it beats me. Let's see where our legs take us." He shrugs after his statement and takes the lead.
We walk out of the school, and we start to make our way into the town. I'm hoping he isn't planning on going into a store since there isn't anything new.
I keep following Aso, and we go over to the railing that's overlooking the sea. It's starting to get dark, and the stars and moon are starting to take their place in the sky.  He leans over the railing and looks over it.
"Woah, I forgot how close we are to the sea. I kind of want to swim," he comments as he watches the different boats moving along the blue ocean.
I notice Aso looks over to a pair of binoculars that are placed facing out towards the ocean. I can see an idea go through his head as he approaches it.
"Look at this, Ayato!" He exclames as he points at the binoculars, "Do you want to look into it?"
I give him a nod, and he starts to smile.
"It only costs 300 yen," he states. I then see him rummage through his uniform pockets, and he pulls out a few coins. "I'll go first."
He slides the coins into the slot of the machine, and he is now able to use it. Aso is too tall, so he has to lower himself down a little.
This isn't very interesting, but Aso seems to be really interested by what he sees. He lets out a few 'Wow's and 'Woah's.
His time eventually runs out, and he backs away and stands up straight.
"You should try it, Ayato!" He encourages me.
I give in and rummage through pockets for any coins. I eventually do find some, and I walk over to the machine. I insert the coins in, and I lower myself to see through it.
At first, it's not very interesting since I get a zoomed in version of what I regularly see, so I'm just seeing a lot of the ocean and fewer boats. I move the binoculars around, and I eventually do find something that piques my interest.
It's to the far right, and I see a boat. The boat isn't anything out of the ordinary, but there is a person standing on the deck of the ship. They are holding a pair of binoculars and looking over towards the direction of the town.
It seems to be a boy around my age. It looks like he has silver hair, pale skin, and is wearing a fancy blue and black suit. While I'm looking, I see him put down the binoculars, and I can see his eyes for a brief moment, but he is quick to look through the binoculars again.
Eventually, my time runs out, so I back away from the binoculars and make my way over to Aso, who is once again admiring the ocean.
Aso notices me and looks over to me. "Did you find anything interesting?" He asks me.
"Not really," I lie to him. I'm currently not in the mood to explain what I saw.
He lets out a light hum and backs away from the railing. "What do you want to do now?" He asks me.
"I'm not sure," I want to call off the hangout and go home, but I know I can't do that. Aso is all I have now when it comes to friends, so I can't ditch him. Even if I really do want to.
"Can we go down by the beach?" He asks, and when he is asking, I can see hope and joy in his eyes. Hoping that I would agree.
I nod my head, and I start to take the lead. Aso follows me eagerly like a puppy.
It doesn't take long for us to make it to the beach. I see Aso starts to sprint to the water, as he runs, he discards his bag. But he doesn't even take his shoes or his clothes off. He goes in without a second thought.
He dives into the water, and he yells out how cold it is. I ignore him and look around the beach.
It's empty.
No one is here, which isn't surprising since it's nighttime. Who in their right mind would go to the beach at night?
Oh, wait…
I look back at Aso, and I see him splashing around in the water. He eventually walks out of the water and approaches me.
"It's so cold!" He whines out while taking off his shoes and throwing them on the sand.
Aso looks at me and asks, "You don't want to join?"
I shake my head and respond, "I'm not a  good swimmer."
I've only swam a few times when I was younger, but I wasn't very good at it. I would usually stay in shallow water, and I wouldn't dare to go deeper.
"Really? That gives me another idea!" He exclames as he takes off his shirt and pants, "How about we hang out tomorrow after school and swim together in the pool?"
I guess that wouldn't be too bad, but I have work tomorrow. Maybe I can call in and make an excuse? I've done extra shifts this week, so I don't think I would get in trouble.
I decide to agree with Aso's plans. He smiles at me, and then turns away to rummage through his bag, and he ends up pulling out a pair of swimming trunks.
He rashes to put them on, and he rushes back into the cold water.
I decide to take a seat on the sand and look out towards the ocean.
Maybe...this is the change I need. Right?
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He didn't show up today either? It's Wednesday, and Ayato hasn't shown up for two days in a row. His absence doesn't bring me at ease, it actually does the opposite.
What if he is doing something right now? What if he is hurting someone or planning to do so?
I'd rather have him here at school so I can keep tabs on him.
"(Y/N), did you hear me?" A voice asks me.
I snap out of my worries and look at Taeko.
"Huh? I'm sorry, I was thinking. What happened?" I ask her, hoping that it wasn't anything too important.
"My brother wants to hang out with us. Are you okay with having him join us?"
"Yeah! Sure, I don't mind," I quickly answer her. I see Taeko go back to her phone, messaging her brother about my response.
In a few seconds, I can hear a chime coming from her phone. She smiles down at her phone and puts it away.
She looks at me,"Thanks for letting him hang out with us, (Y/N)! His friend hasn't shown up for the last two days, so I'm sure he is really lonely."
"Yeah, it's fine. I really don't mind."
I hear the clubroom door open from behind me, and Taeko's brother walks in.
"Hey, guys. I hope I'm not disturbing you two?" He asks, closing the door behind him and walking towards us.
"No, of course not, Taro! We were waiting for you," Taeko reassures him, "Grab a seat."
Taro grabs a nearby chair and moves it closer to us.
"So what happened to your friend?" Taeko asks, wondering what happened to her brother's close friend.
Taro shrugs his shoulders, "I don't know. I tried messaging him, but I think he is ignoring me, like always."
"He ignores your messages?" Taeko questions, I can hear how bothered she is by this new information.
"I don't know why he does it. I texted him yesterday asking if everything was okay, but I never got a text back," Taro further explains, "I just wish he didn't keep doing this to me."
Taeko lets out a sigh of disappointment, "Oh, Taro. You really need to find better friends than him."
"I know, but you know I'm not good at making friends. Ayato is all I have."
Oh, right...
I forgot that Taro is friends with Ayato. I do keep tabs on Ayato whenever I can, but as of lately, I haven't seen them together as much.
Has Ayato been ignoring Taro for weeks now?
It would make sense. I was once Ayato's friend too, and he would do the same to me too. I didn't take it to heart since I knew that Ayato has always been like that ever since I met him. But it's clear that it's bothering Taro.
"I just wish I could find someone else," Taro confesses to us.
"You know what? You should stop being friends with him and start hanging out with us," Taeko proposes the idea to her younger brother.
"I wouldn't mind, but I think he would..."
"Just do it, Taro. It would be for the best."
There's a short pause before Taro answers his older sister. "Fine..."
"You're going to tell him today?" Taeko further questions.
"Yes, I'll do it when I get home."
"Good."
I hope this doesn't cause more conflict...
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These thoughts are eating away at me. My mother isn't here since she's still overseas on her vacation with my father, so I have no one to talk to about this. Well, no one who will understand me. I don't want to call her since this vacation was very important to her, so I need to find another way to get an explanation.
Today, I woke up extra early in order to go to my basement. I didn't do this yesterday because I was too caught up in my new feelings, but now that it's a new day, I can fully investigate.
I walk down to my basement and look through the basement. I check every box, every notebook, every loose piece of paper, every photo album, and every picture frame.
I. Need. Answers.
But I'm not getting any.
Why don't I love Taeko anymore? Is this a permanent change or temporary? Will I ever love again? Why am I suddenly not in love anymore?
The basement is now a complete mess, one that I'll have to fix when I come back home. I look at the time on my phone, and I notice that I'm late.
Should I just skip school?
First period is halfway done already, and there's no reason for me to go to school anymore. It's fine to take a sick day, right?
I kick all the boxes and papers out of my way and go upstairs. I slowly make my way to my room and drop myself on my bed. I sink into the soft mattress and cuddle up against the soft fabric.
I slowly start to fall asleep.
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My eyes slowly open up, and I'm met with the sun beaming through my white curtains. I look over to my alarm clock, and I notice that it's now the afternoon.
I slowly get up from my bed and do a small stretch. I can hear my bones crack, and it feels relieving. I go to grab my phone, and I look through my notifications. I notice that I got a text message from Taro.
I decide to ignore it for now. I'm not in the mood to text anyone.
I get up to change and get myself ready. I'll call up my job to see if I can pick up an extra shift today. Tuesdays aren't particularly busy, but I wouldn't mind making some extra cash.
I get myself ready and call up my boss.
"Hello?" He answers me.
"Hey," I answer back to him.
"What's the matter, Aishi?" My boss questions.
"I was wondering if I could take up an extra shift today?"
"Yes, of course! It's not very busy right now, but I wouldn't mind having you on standby."
"I'll start heading over."
I end the call and start to make my way over to my job.
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I make my way down the town with my baby blue uniform in my bag. As I'm about to grab the handle to the restaurant, I hear a voice call out to me.
"Aishi, is that you?" They ask me, but it's a familiar voice that I heard just yesterday.
I turn around, and I see Rito looking at me. His eyes hold a look of surprise at seeing me in town. He takes out one of his earbuds from his ear, and then he takes out the other and walks over to me.
"I was wondering where you were today at school, you know! I got a bit worried," he admits to me as he stands next to me, "but I didn't really think that I would find you here, though."
I look off to the side, "It's my job. I'm going to work an extra shift."
"Oh! Cool, cool. How about I go inside? We can talk more!" He excitedly asks me as he comes up with the idea.
"Alright," I answer him, "I'm going to change into my uniform first."
"Alright, I'll wait at a table!" He tells me as he opens up the door to the restaurant and happily walks inside.
I go to change into my work uniform. I go to the back to do so. I put on my white button up, then my tie, I put the vest over it, and I finally change into some black pants. I step out and go over to Rito.
"What would you like to order?" I ask him in my best attempt at a moderately cheerful voice.
"I don't know," his face is buried deep in the menu as he looks over all the options, "I don't usually eat any of these things."
I'm not too surprised at his reaction. Most of our menu items are desserts. We have a few items that don't have much sugar, but it's only a few.
"I guess... it wouldn't hurt to have something a bit sweeter than usual. This can be my cheat day, I think I deserve it!" He tells me before showing me the menu and pointing at what he wants, "I'll take this!"
Rito ends up picking a yogurt parfait. Can you really call this a cheat day?
I write it down on my notepad and give him a nod. "It should be ready shortly."
I go to the kitchen and give the chefs the order. I go back out to the front and help out the people waiting to be seated, I take orders, and I give out orders.
When I go to get an order, I notice that it's Rito's order.
"Here," I tell him. I place the yogurt parfait on his table.
"That looks good!" He comments as he grabs the silver spoon and scoops up a bit of the yogurt.
I give him a nod and start to walk away, but the sound of his voice stops me.
"Hey! I thought you were going to stay here with me?" He questions as he looks at me with confusion.
I let out a sigh and go back over to him and take a seat across from him.
"I didn't actually think you would come back," he admits before letting out a soft chuckle.
"If you tell me to sit down, then I have to do it. It's a part of the job," I explain to him.
"Oh! I didn't know that," Rito starts off, "Why did you get this job? I didn't think you would pick this type of job, no offense."
"They had a sign out front, and I needed a job fast, and they hired me on the spot."
As I talked, Rito would stuff his face with the yogurt. He would nod before continuing to eat.
"Cool, cool. I wish I could get a job, but I've been too busy as of lately," he responds before sticking his spoon further into the glass to get more yogurt out of it.
"Yeah..." I revert my eyes away from him and look somewhere else. I wish I could go home already. I didn't come to work just to talk to my club leader.
I feel that Rito notices my unwillingness to carry on the conversation, so he countines on.
"But don't you find it funny that we bumped into each other?" He asks me, "I just went running around the town since I haven't been here in a few weeks. I seriously wanted to try out that new bakery, but when I passed by, nothing was there anymore."
A look of disappointment appears on his face as he talks about the disappearance of the Odayaka Bakery.
Not knowing that I was the one that made it disappear in a week.
"Someone burned it down a few weeks ago, so they had to close it down," I inform him, and his face turns into one of shock.
"Really? That's horrible! Who could do something like that?!" He exclames. His loud voice catches the attention of other customers and staff. Rito notices their stares and apologizes to them.
"My bad. I got too carried away," he tells me and lets out a nervous laugh.
"It's fine," I reply to him.
"But we should hang out sometime, Aishi! After school we should go around town! It would be fun!" He suggests as he takes another scoop from his food.
At first, I wanted to decline his offer, I've never been the type who goes out with friends. Plus, I barely even know him.
But I see this as an opportunity to get my mind off of Taeko.
"Sure," I accept his offer.
"Sweet!" He tells me with a bright smile on his face, "Let's go on Thursday, sounds good?"
I only nod my head.
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"I have an idea for a new article!" Taeko exclames.
I tilt my head, "What do you have in mind?"
"The leader of the Sports Club just came back from a swimming tournament, and he won! I think that it would be an interesting article to write," she explains to me. Her eyes are practically begging me to give her my approval.
"Sure! I think it would be interesting to hear how he won. When do you want to interview him?" I ask her, and in that moment, I can see a smile form on her face.
"Let's do it right after school!"
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"I'm kind of nervous," Taeko shyly admits to me. We're already heading to where the Sports Club meets, but I guess she's starting to get more nervous as we approach them.
"Don't worry about it! It'll be really quick! And I'll be asking the questions, so you just have to record his voice," I tell her, hoping that what I say will ease her nervousness.
"Yeah, that's fine. It doesn't seem too bad."
After a minute or two of further walking, we make it to where Rito is. He's currently waiting for the rest of the members to come out of the locker room, but in the meantime, he is doing short stretches to prepare himself for the exercise he is going to do.
"Um... excuse me!" Taeko calls out to the blond athlete.
Rito stops his stretching and looks over towards us. He waves at us, and we return it back.
"Hey, there! What brings the two of you here?" Rito asks us as he looks at the both of us.
"We're here from the Newspaper Club, and we're wondering if we could interview you? If we can do it quickly right now, that would be great!" I explain to Rito, hoping that he would accept my interview.
"Yeah, of course! I would totally love to do an interview! Go ahead and ask," he tells us.
"Oh! Can we record your voice? It would be easier than to write every word you say," Taeko asks him. I can see that she's still nervous even after asking him such a simple question.
"Yeah, that's fine with me!" Rito agrees.
Taeko takes out her phone and taps on the recorder app, and starts recording Rito. I then open my notebook and look for the questions that I already made ahead of time.
"Okay, the first question is how did the tournament go?" I ask the star athlete.
"It went amazing! And I'm saying that partly because I won, and also because I met some really great people there too. Super ambitious people, and that's what I like to see. I hope to be able to do it next year!" Rito happily answers me. A smile is present on his face with every word he says, and you can see the joy in his eyes as he thinks back about the past weeks.
"Students around the school really love your lively personality. They want to know how you got this personality?" I ask one of the questions that Taeko came up with.
"Hmmm... I don't know, actually," Rito tells us before letting out a light chuckle, "It's just who I am if I'm being honest. I've always been this way since I was a child. I guess doing what I love has made me so lively."
"And on that note, when did you find out that you liked doing sports? Did you recently get into it, or did you like doing it while you were younger?" I ask him, diverting from my original questions in order to know more about his past.
"Ever since I was a child, too! At first, I was really into basketball and running, but then I started to swim, and I basically got addicted to it! It's all I've ever been doing since I was, like, ten.
I look over to my right, and I start to notice that the other Sports Club members are starting to come out, so I decide to hurry up.
"We're almost done here. But I'm wondering what type of advice you would give to people who want to do sports or people who don't have much motivation in general?"
"When it comes to sports, I would say to try it and see what happens. Yeah, sure, you'll be new to it and you might not be that great, but the fun part is learning. The more you practice and the more you learn, you'll see how far you've come! When it comes to motivation, I usually motivate myself by reminding myself what I have to look forward to! It can be something small or something big, it doesn't matter! As long as it means something to me - and in this case to you, then that's all that matters!"
"And to end it off, what is something that no one else knows about you?" I ask him the final question, and I close my notebook.
"I have a pet goldfish! And he is my daily motivation," he answers with a heartfelt laugh.
Taeko stops the recording and saves it to her phone.
"It was great talking with you, Rito! This will get published as soon as possible! Thank you for doing it with us."
"Yeah, no problem!"
We start to leave the area, but as we leave I see a familiar face.
It's Ayato.
I notice him, but it doesn't seem that he notices me. He seems to be in some sort of daze, as if he is thinking really hard about something.
To others, it would look like he is just daydreaming, but I'm filled with concern due to how dangerous he can be. What is he planning this time?
"That went really well, actually," Taeko tells me.
I'm taken out of my thoughts, and I snap back to reality. "Yeah, it really was," I quickly respond.
"He is super nice! No wonder people like him so much," Taeko starts off, "I can't wait to publish this in the paper!"
Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this. I shouldn't worry too much, right? Maybe this week will be normal for once.
I continue to walk beside Taeko as we go back to the clubroom, so the meeting can start.
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A New Week and a New Realization🔪
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The leader of the Sports Club is now back at school, and it's causing a lot of people to talk about him.
He just came back from winning a major swimming tournament, so the school is taking pride that one of their students did something amazing. Plus, it'll help people forget what happened a few months ago with the death of the first year.
As I walk around the school, I see people constantly trying to strike up a conversation with the blond. He talks and laughs with every student that comes his way. I haven't talked to him once, but from his behavior, it's easy to tell he is outgoing and very social.
I constantly run into him as I walk through the hallway, and I don't mean to. He isn't my target, and I might not even have a target this week. That would be perfect since I won't have any distractions getting in my way, but (Y/N) is still here...
What should I do about him?
He is still alive, and he is a constant reminder of my failure. Seeing him walk and talk with Taeko reminds me of what I still have to do, but for some reason, I don't want to get rid of him.
I'm getting too sentimental. I must be feeling this way because he was the only person I had for years. That has to be it.
There is no other reason.
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When school ends, I decide to go to the Sports Club. I'm a little interested in the club leader.
I first check in with Zametora, and then I go to change into my gym uniform. It seems like I'm the first one to go into the locker room, but the fog in the locker room makes it hard to know for sure.
As I'm putting on my white gym shirt, I hear a voice come from my left.
"Hey, you're the new member, right?" The voice asks me and the person emerges from the fog.
It's the leader. He is already in his gym uniform, and it's clear he is stronger than me. He is very well built, and it makes sense. He just came back from a swimming tournament, so it makes sense for him to have a better physique than me.
"Yeah, I joined last week," I tell him as I close my locker after putting my clothes in it.
"It's nice that we got a new member after I was gone! But it's nice to meet you...um, sorry I don't actually know your name," he tells me while letting out a nervous laugh, "But I guess you don't know my name either. I'm Aso Rito!"
"I'm Ayato Aishi."
"It's nice to meet you, Aishi! I hope you have a good time here! I'll see you outside with the others!"
Rito leaves, and the other members start to show up. As they enter and he leaves, they congratulate him and give him high fives.
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I leave the locker room, and I start to make my way to where the Sports Club usually meets. When I make it there, I see Zametora and Rito but I also see two more people there, too. I see Taeko and (Y/N) together with Rito.
The three of them are laughing and talking together. And for some reason, I'm not getting as angry as I would normally be.
Why am I not angry?
It's reasonable to be angry, right? Rito is talking with my Senpai and making her laugh. That should get me mad. Yet, I'm not. Instead, I feel dismissive, and my heart is not responding like how it should be. When Ruto was stalking my Senpai last week, I did everything in my power to make him suffer. But now I don't feel that same anger.
Am I falling out of love with Taeko?
No, that can't. She's my one and only, right? She's everything to me! This can't be happening to me! If I don't have her, then I'll never feel these emotions again, and I'll never feel love!
I need to ignore these dismissive feelings towards her.
Taeko is the only one for me.
Eventually, Taeko and (Y/N) end up leaving. I watch both of them go back into the main building.
I'm brought out of my thoughts when I hear Rito's voice. "Alright, guys! I'm sure you've heard everything about what happened with me at the tournament, so let's just jump right into our regular activities!" Rito happily tells us while he stands in front of us.
"First, let's start with our stretches!"
Rito guides us as we stretch. Whatever he does, we do, too.
"Hopefully, you're not sweating too much! It's time to run! We'll run 15 times up and down the track!"
We all line up one after another, and wait for Rito to tell us to go.
"One, two, three, go!" He yells out, and we also start to jog up and down the long strip of track.
I found out that we don't have a normal running track. Instead, we have this small area. It only has four lanes, and it's not very wide. As I'm jogging my third lap, I hear Rito's voice.
"Good form, Aishi! Keep up the good work!" Rito encourages me as he runs alongside us. I'm sure he is on his sixth lap at this point.
I gave him a small 'Thanks' before continuing my jog.
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I'm stuffing my gym uniform in my bag so I can clean it at home. And I hear Rito's voice again.
"Aishi, nice work out there! But I was just wondering why you joined the Sports Club in the first place?"
I want to let out a sigh from how annoying Rito is. I don't want to talk to him.
"I just wanted to get stronger," I bluntly answer, hoping my boring answer would be enough for him.
"Oh, really? That's it?" He asks me, "You're sure that's it?"
"Yes," I tell him before closing my locker.
"I'm just messing with you! That's a valid reason to join! But I'll see you tomorrow, see ya!"
"Bye."
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As I'm walking back home, I start to think about how I'm feeling.
Why do I feel so odd? Is this how it feels to be normal? The world feels dull, but not as dull as before I met Senpai.
Why am I feeling this way? My mother never fell out of love with my father, and the same can be said about my grandparents, so why am I feeling this way?
If I don't have feelings for Taeko anymore, then what should I do? Can I live without her? I don't think I can, but I don't want to replace her. If I replace her, then all I've been doing for the past week will be useless.
I need to figure out why I'm feeling this way, and soon.
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Guilt📰
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"Do you think he is okay? He hasn't shown up since the rumors started," Taeko asks me as she watches me print out the paper.
I let out a sigh, "I don't know, Taeko. He might just be taking a break from school. That's what I would do."
"But this is Ruto we are talking about. He wouldn't do what you would do, (Y/N). He might do things differently, and I'm scared about what that might be," Taeko tells me as her face turns into one of worry.
"You're right, but...," I'm at a loss for words, I don't know what to say to Taeko. Ruto is gone, and I don't know if he'll ever come back. What the other students did was terrible, but Taeko had no control over it.
"It's fine. I'll try my best not to worry about it, okay?" She tells me, trying her best to reassure me and move on from the conversation.
"Okay. Let's just pass these out," I instruct her as I go to grab a stack of the newspaper I just printed out.
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It's Over🔪
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The next two days I show up, but he doesn't. It's over. Oko Ruto is gone.
I don't know what Musume and her friends did to Ruto in order for him to leave the school, but I'm grateful for what she did. She has taken a burden off of my shoulders.
It's Friday, and I need to show up for a Sports Club meeting. I haven't shown up the whole week, so today is the day for me to do it. I can't get kicked out so fast. I also work today, but I'll call in saying something came up. I've been showing up for all of my shifts, and I've done extra shifts, too, so taking a day off won't have any consequences.
This Friday is uneventful. The day goes on as usual, as if nothing happened these past few days. I hear the mention of Ruto's name leave student's mouths, but it's not as frequent as it was earlier this week.
When the bell rings for the end of the day, I get up from my seat and walk all the way down to the first floor. I exist through the doors that are near the Cooking Club and make my way outside.
I walk to where the Sports Club members met up. I see Zametora already in his gym uniform waiting for the rest of the members.
I walk up to him while wearing the blue swimming goggles he gave me earlier this week.
"Hey! I thought you were going to drop out since you didn't show up this whole week," he tells me once I'm in front of him, taking note that I haven't participated in a single club activity yet.
"I just got busy," I answer him bluntly.
"Make sure it doesn't happen again. You better be ready to start the club activity."
"Yes."
"Hurry up and get changed. The others are already ahead of you," he tells me before turning his back to me and walking away.
I make my way to the locker room and change out of my school uniform and into the gym uniform. The other members are already closing their lockers and leaving. I start to pick up the pace since I don't want Zametora to scold me in front of everyone.
When I'm done changing and putting everything in my locker, I run out of the locker room, and I make it on time before anything important happens.
"Before we start our usual routine, I would like to inform you all about something important," Zametora starts off which grabs everyone's attention, "You should've all known that our current leader has been out for a few weeks because he is participating in a swimming tournament. But I've gotten news that by next Monday he should be here since the tournament is over and he won first place."
The rest of the members cheer and clap at their leader winning and finally coming back to school after several weeks.
I clap softly, but I can't express the same joy as the other members. I thought that Zametora was the real leader of the Sports Club, but I guess that isn't the case.
I wonder who the real leader is?
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Do What You Have to Do🔪
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This plan is working out better than I thought. The gossip is reaching every part of the school. It doesn't matter what clique you belong to, you're bound to hear the rumors that Ruto is stalking a few of the girls.
Musume is doing a great favor for me. Her popularity is not only spreading the gossip via mouth but also through pictures.
The pictures I took are useful since they give a reason for people to believe the rumors. These rumors are starting to take on a new life because of the incriminating pictures I took of Ruto.
I don't feel that I'm doing anything wrong here. I'm actually helping out the school since people are starting to see how weird Ruto actually is. All the girls are fearful that they might be his next victims, and the guys are disgusted that he would do something to three innocent girls.
It's all working great...
But I need Ruto to suffer more.
This isn't enough for me. Ruto needs to get out of the picture faster. I need to find Musume so she can do what she does best.
Right before school starts, I go around school trying to find Musume. During this time, she should be walking around the hallways aimlessly. She should also be by herself since her other friends do the same but in different areas of the school.
I eventually find her on the first floor, and I walk up to her.
"We need to talk."
"About what?" She asks me as she loudly chews her gum and taps away on her phone, not even sparing a glance at me.
"I need you to do more."
"Do more?" She asks again, but this time with an even more annoyed tone than what she usually has, "Haven't I done enough?"
"I want him gone. For good."
"Wow. You really have a grudge against this freak, don't you?"
"Just do what you usually do."
"Fine. But you gotta give me more cigs. Deal?"
"Deal."
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It's lunchtime, and I decide to follow Musume to see if she goes through with what I want. During this time, she would go and bully Hourda, a quiet girl who recently transferred to our school shortly after our break. I follow Musume, and a smile starts to show up on my face once I recognize that she's going into Ruto's class.
When I walk into the class, I expect the rest of the bullies to be there too, but I only end up seeing Musume. I see her pull a black marker out of her bag and start to write on one of the desks. I can hear her laughing to herself as she continues to write.
Eventually, she stops and pulls out her phone and takes a picture of what she's done. She types away at her phone and then puts it away. I stand by wondering if anything will happen.
From down the hallway, I hear a bunch of giggles. The sound is familiar. It's the bullies.
I go to hide and take cover behind an abandoned desk that was set to be moved to storage. I lean against the school desk and try my best to hear what's going on.
I hear the door to the classroom slide open, and the giggles stop. Instead, I hear a soft gasp that sounds like it's coming from a guy. The door to the classroom shuts, and everything is silent.
It's as if nothing has happened.
I get up from my hiding place and stand up.
It's now all up to Musume to deal the final blow to Ruto's self-esteem and reputation.
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After school ends, I go home to get my uniform and then I go to work. My shift goes by as usual. I greet customers with the best smile I can make, I serve them, make small talk, and do my best to look as handsome as possible.
It's really quite tiresome, but I make a good amount of money from it so I can't complain too much.
As I'm getting to the end of my shift, I hear my phone vibrate in my pocket. I make a mental note to check it after my shift is done, but it just keeps on vibrating.
"I'm going to the bathroom," I tell one of my coworkers as I rush towards where the bathrooms are.
I push up the door and go into one of the stalls. I lock the door and then pull out my phone. I turn on the screen and I'm met with my wallpaper of my Senpai. I would usually be happy to see her, but there are multiple messages blocking her photo.
Hey!!!
Are you going to answer?
Helloooooooo
Answer me damn it!!!!!
I did what you wanted me to do
What?
That's all you have to say???
OMG!!!
What did you do?
I did what you asked me to do!!!
Remember you wanted that little freak to be gone faster???
How did it go?
Thank God you remember!!!
I thought I would be texting a damn brick
But it went great for me, not so much for him
I'm sure he won't show up anymore
Good.
No thank you?
Whatever
But can I get my cigs now?
I thought that would be later?
No, I want them now
Fine, I brought some and have them.
Okay where are you?
At work.
You have a job???
I didn't think
Actually nvm
What's your location?
I'll send it.
You work there?
LOL!!!!!
Yes.
Whatever
I'm going
I shut off my phone and leave the stall and bathroom. I continue to go through my shift, and eventually, I'm done. Right when I finish, I feel a vibration coming from my phone.
It's Musume again. She's finally here and waiting out front. I don't bother to change, and I leave through the front of the restaurant.
When I open the door, I see Musume standing in front of the restaurant as she texts on her phone. When the bell to the door rings, she looks up from her phone. The moment she sees me, she tries her best to hold back a laugh.
"Sorry, you just look so ridiculous wearing that," she tells me with a giggle.
"Here," I tell her as I pull out four boxes of cigarettes from my bag.
"Thanks for the cigs," she says as she grabs them and puts them into her purse.
I'm about to walk off, but I decide to tell her one more thing. "Remember. Not a word about this to anyone," I tell her before walking off.
"Whatever."
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What's Going On?📰
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It's the day after the small scene with Kizano. I'm putting away my outdoor shoes, but as I reach out to grab my indoor shoes, I can hear all the chatter around me.
"Did you hear about the leader of the Occult club?" A girl asks her friend as they both switch out their shoes.
"No? What happened?" Her friend asks, wondering what her friend is talking about.
"He is a stalker! Someone took pictures of him as he stalked a few of the girls! He is so creepy!" The first girl explains to her friend.
"Really? I knew the Occult Club was weird, but I didn't know that the leader would do that type of stuff!" The second girl responds with disgust at what the leader was caught doing.
But this does surprise me. How did they know?
Who took pictures of Ruto and showed them to people? Especially in such quick time. Ruto has only been her for a few days, so the person who took the pictures must have already known about it.
Before school was canceled temporarily, there were rumors about how Ruto would stalk both of the Basu sisters. Nobody knew if this was true or not. Maybe someone decided to prove these rumors, right? But how did they make it spread so fast?
I'll have to think about this later.
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"Have you heard all the rumors?" Taeko asks me as she opens up her bag of chips.
"Yeah, I've heard them this morning," I respond as I pop open my soda, "How do you feel about it?"
Taeko looks to the side and reverts her eyes away from me.
"I don't know what to think," she finally answers, "I'm happy that people know and it'll make him stop since everyone now knows what he is doing, but I wish it could've happened differently."
"Yeah, at this point, I'm sure he is going to leave the school."
"But another thing...," Taeko starts, but she cuts her sentence short.
"What is it?" I ask, wondering what she is thinking.
"When I was coming back from the vending machines, I saw that group of bullies pushing someone into a classroom," Taeko starts to describe what she saw, "I swear the voice sounded like a guy. I think it was Ruto."
All that comes tumbling out of my mouth is a soft 'oh'. I didn't think that the rumors would get so bad that the bullies would start to get involved.
"I just wish nothing bad happens to him after all this. He didn't hurt me or anything. He just might now know how to approach someone," Teako countines on as she keeps eating her chips.
"Don't worry about it too much, alright? I know that you're somewhat involved in this, but don't stress out over what happens to Ruto."
"You're right, but I just wish things could have turned out differently."
We both eat our lunch in silence, not bothering to talk about the topic of the rumors.
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The Feeling That Stays📰
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"You go to the clubroom, I'm going to go to the nurse's office," I tell Taeko as I close my locker.
"Oh... right. You're still hurt," she responds as her face turns into worry. I notice that her eyes go towards my arm where my injury is.
"Don't worry, today should be my last day going into her office. I'm sure I'm healed up by now," I reassure her as I make my leave.
When I make it to the nurse's office, I slide open the door and go inside. When I step inside, I see Miss Kankoshi organizing the medicine cabinet.
I greet her, and she turns around to see me.
"You're ready to get the bandages off?" She asks me as she walks over towards me.
"Yes, I'm ready to take them off," I tell her as I make my way to one of the beds.
I sit down and wait for her. She grabs her supplies, and I start to take off my school jacket. I roll up my sleeve, and the bandages are now visible to her.
She grabs my arm and starts to unwrap my bandages. When all of the bandages are taken off, my healed arm can now be seen.
She inspects my arm and grabs a disinfectant wipe to clean it up since it was wrapped up for several days. When she's done, she throws the wipe away in the trash.
"How do you feel?" She asks me as she gets up from the chair.
I first move my arm around, and then I brush my fingers over the scar that's now left on my skin. My new skin looks different from the surrounding skin. Just looking at it makes my knees weak.
"I feel fine," I answer her. I roll down my sleeve and go to grab my jacket.
"That's good to hear. It may look odd right now, but it's normal for the skin to look like that after an attack. You'll get used to it," she explains to me as she goes back to the other side of the room.
I get up from the bed and make my way towards the door. "Well, thanks again, Miss Kankoshi."
I slide open the door and go up the stairs towards the clubroom. When I step outside, I look around, but when I look near the stairwell, I see Ayato standing next to it. I can't help but look a bit stunned at his presence. I see him look over towards me, but I look away and quickly rush up the stairs.
When I make it to the third floor, I see the usual students doing their daily routines. I make my way over to the clubroom, and I notice that the door to the clubroom is open.
I walk inside, and I see Taeko sitting at one of the desks, but she seems to be deep in thought.
"Is something wrong?" I ask her as I take a seat next to her.
She snaps out of her daze and looks up to me. The expression on her face surprises me.
She looks scared.
"What happened? You look scared," I question her.
"I saw him."
"Saw who?"
"Well, I was just sitting in the clubroom writing a new article when I saw the leader of the Occult club looking at me. I didn't know what to do, so he kept watching me but he left after three minutes. I don't know how long he was standing there for..."
Taeko goes quiet, and she starts to fidget nervously with her fingers.
This new information confuses me. I thought that Ayato was the one stalking Taeko, but in reality, it wasn't him at all? Instead, it was the leader of the Occult club?
This is weird.
What does the leader of the Occult club want with Taeko? This still doesn't explain why Ayato was taking a picture of us together at the rooftop.
I let out a sigh. "Don't worry about him, Taeko. You won't be alone anymore since I'm finally healed! I'll try my best to be by your side, okay?"
My response prompts her to look up and smile at me. I return a smile back.
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It's the end of the day, and I'm putting away my indoor shoes, but as I put my shoes into my locker, I hear an obnoxious voice.
"Hello, darling!" Kizano greets me as he walks pass the row of lockers and stops at mine.
I don't respond, and I only take a quick look at him before closing my locker. I'm about to turn around and leave, but one of his hands grabs my shoulders.
"Don't be that way, darling! You know, I still have that position open for you to be Alice!" His boisterous voice fills my ears as he tries his best to turn me around.
I do end up turning around, but I push his hand off of me. "What do you want?" I ask him with annoyance seeping off my words.
"Don't act that way! You're acting like you have somewhere more important to be! Am I not enough?" He confidently asks me, hoping that I would stutter and fail to find an excuse.
"I actually do," I start off, and his face changes into a look of surprise, "I have to go and see Taeko. I can't leave her side, and you're wasting my time."
I'm about to walk off and go towards where Taeko is waiting, but Kizano's grating voice starts up once again.
"It's always you and her. What do you see in her anyway? She's not a star like me, so why do you bother at all? She's so boring, I'm much more interesting."
I grip the strap on my bag and look straight ahead. I walk out of the building without looking back.
I have too much to deal with right now, so why not cut down on what I don't need?
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