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Chapter 9
Sae’s POVI left Yuu with Haruna alone, because i think it would be awkward if i still sit on my desk. I’m making my way out of class, then I noticed Acchan and Yuki from afar. Suddenly I realized that I haven’t talk to her at all regarding our assignment. I don’t know her personality, but I don’t want to become like Yuu who got scolded by Haruna. I gathered up my courage to talk to her, because the last time we talk she shouted at me. I saw her finally noticed me.
“Hey, Kashiwagi-san” I smile at her, just hoping that she’ll return it.
“.....” She didn’t answer at all, just stare at me blankly.
“Great! lame...” Sae cursed himself.
Yuki’s POV I walked in hallway, I had lunch with Acchan only, because Haruna has something to do. In the middle on our way to class, I noticed the familiar figure came out from our class. Then I saw him smile at us, or me? There is no way he smile at me. I saw his figure closing our gap, then stopped right in front of me.
“Hey, Kashiwagi-san”
He said while smile at me, with that smile which succeed making the girls in Akiba High fell head over heels for him. I’m shocked, literally. I never thought he’ll talk to me after I threw pillow on his face at infirmary. Without realized I stare at him blankly, not saying anything.
“Yuki, I go first..” As Acchan left, she turned around and her mouth saying good-luck-don’t-ruin-this-opportunity, without a sound.
“Do you really hate me that much?” His line brought me back to reality, i noticed that there were no longer smile on his face.
“N-No! I-I d-don’t hate you, I like you!” I don’t know what just I said earlier, until I saw his eyes grew wide.
“You like me?” He’s really taken aback, you should see his funny expression.
Crap! Literally i wanted to dig a hole and hide in there for a long time. I need to came up with a very good excuse, blame my blabbering mouth.
“O-Of course, we are friend , right? Of course I like you.”
“Please..Please believe it.” I keep saying that inside my heart
He didn’t say anything, but laughed hard. He raised his hand to sweep off a bead of tears at the end of his dark-orbs. It looked like he believed the lame excuse of mine, but i’m slightly annoyed by his laughter.
“What’s so funny?” My lips protrude
“I’m glad you know, Actually I really thought that you hate me”
It’s my turn to laughed, how can I hate him? So is he saying that he did think of me? Now I’m a bit happy because of it.
“Now, what are you laughing at?” He crossed his arms
“It’s funny, how could you think that I’m actually hate you?” I snorted
“Forget it then” He puffed his cheeks, many things changed. But that habit sure brought back memories. He still the Sae that I used to know, but just one he forget about me.
“Speaking of which, I thought you wanted to say something to me earlier..”
“Ah! Yes, about Ms. Shinoda’s assignment. We are a pair, did you forget?”
Of course I’m not, Acchan already tired of me because when we were having lunch, i talked about it over and over. Lucky thing is Match actually my favorite subject, and I don’t want to be cocky but I never failed Math exam not even once. Then the boy in front of my eyes is my opposite, he’s very good at sport but really bad at Math or subject that need formula.
“No, I didn’t. Do you want us to start as soon as possible?” I asked
“Yes, too bad we can’t start today. Could we arrange our schedule after school over? Because the deadline is two weeks from now, and since….”
“Since?” I didn’t understand where this conversation heading to
“Since I’m bad in Math subject, I don’t want to become your burden, because this is group’s assignments.”
That is one of the reasons why i adore him. He didn’t want to bother someone, he prefer put someone’s feeling first to himself . I’m glad, he really thought about me.
“So, we are going to do the assignment after school over? Where?”
“Hmmm….”
“Is it okay if my house?” I suggest something since he couldn’t find any place in his head.
“Y-Your house?”
“Yeah, I bet our classmate will be choose library as their first. I couldn’t work if it too noisy” I’m not lying, working in environment full with noisy is really annoying for me.
“Okay.. So, I guess I’ll be in your care, Kashiwagi-san” He bowed to me, and ready to leave
“W-wait!” He turned to meet my eyes, “Just call me Yuki, Miyazawa-san. We are friend right?” I managed to say it
“If you think we are friend, you should drop honorific first, Yuki. Byeee” He said and wave at me then rushed toward the Class 1 building.
Sae left Yuki alone in the hallway. He actually relieved that Yuki doesn’t hate him. Not because he bothered by it, still it’s unpleasant feeling if someone hate you, right? Then he noticed familiar figure which caught his eyes. It looked like the other girl was on her way toward library, so typical of her.
Then sudden voice of Yuu echoed in his mind
“Did you already ask her out?” It’s not that he dragged out his confession, but he thought that because he’s always spent his time with Rena. Sometimes he forgot that he and Rena actually aren’t dating, yet. Then it hit his hard.
“Did Rena always wonder about us?”Only thought of Rena wonder about them, made the ikemen young man feel bad. Then an idea came up, he looked at a bunch of girls that who held their sketchbooks and pen in their arms. He walked closer towards crowd
“Hey, Can you give me your pen and one of that sketchbook?” Sae smiled
“Wow It’s Sae-senpai!!!” One of them freaked out
“O-Of Course, Senpai..” The girls handed over her note and pen
“Thank you!” He yelled as he left
He heard that a bunch of girls behind him squealed in delight. But He didn’t turned to see their reaction, because inside of his head already occupied by a certain girl.
Rena’s POV“I hope library has new book”
I walked out of class, I was about to asked Airi to come along but he nowhere to be found. I noticed that he was act strange since yesterday, i bet it was related to Akane. Because it’s so obvious that they weren’t talk at all, the funny thing is when Airi was going toward particular direction, if Akane was on opposite, Airi abruptly changed his direction. I guessed that maybe Airi already talked about the truth to Akane. But apparently Akane didn’t receive it well, or worst. Then i feel someone poked at my shoulder, it was my classmate, if i’m not mistaken her name is Oya Masana.
“Matsui-san, There is something for you” She handed a piece of paper, and walked away.
Don’t you miss me? Because I’m missing you right now (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Meet me on library, at the section which you love so much
From : M.S“I miss you too, Silly.”
I folded the note again to it’s original form. I giggled, smiled ear to ear when I read that cute note. I looked around if he was around, then he nowhere to be found. It’s unusual for him to send a note, sometimes he always find a way to made me smile.
“I wonder how did he find me? Did he see me? But what is with this note? Why didn’t he show himself like usual? Arrghhhhh There are many things i wanted to ask. Maybe I should go to library..” I talked to myself,
My feet were light as feather, I don’t know I have this fluttering feeling inside my chest. I know that we aren’t dating, but can I just hoping that Senpai actually love me? Is it too much to ask? I know that Senpai is caring person, maybe he did that to every girl on our school.
My feet brought me to library, my eyes were roamed all over the place but i can’t find the particular person that i’ve been searching for. Then i remember about his sentence
“Meet me on library, at the section which you love so much”“Section that i love so much…” My eyebrows met in the middle, “Ah! Flowers!”
Flashback“What is your favorite flowers, Rena?”
“Hmm… I gotta say, it’s baby’s breath..”
“Why? I thought rose is the beautiful one.” He said to me
“It’s a secret” I sticked my tongue out
“Hahahaha change the topic then, why do you love flowers so much?” Sae said that on our way back from school, like usual he held my hand on his.
“Hmm.. Because they are never hide something.” I smiled at him
“Hide something?” He tilted his head
“Un, Flowers never lie Senpai. They aren’t like people, who like to keep their secret. They just love being them.”
He giggled hearing my answers, he loved to tease me. Like everythings that i said he laughed it off, but myself didn’t find it funny at all.
“Mou, it’s not funny” I puffed my cheeks, displeased about his behavior
“Yes, you are, hehehe” He squeezed my hand
“I’m not a clown, you know” I pinched his cheek hard
“Ouch! It’s hurt, Rena” He rubbed his cheek furiously, I saw there was a red mark on it.
I felt guilty, maybe I did pinch his cheek too hard “Senpai, come here” I motion him to lowered his head a bit, immediately he complied to my sudden request.
“What? Are you hurt?” He showed his worriness in his dark-brown orbs
I smiled, and pulled on of his side shoulders even lower and closing our gaps *cuupp*“feel better?” I lowered my eyes, bit my lower lips, not dare to look on his orbs, “I-I’m sorry, Sae”
He didn’t move, just turned into stone but red color gradually appeared from his cheeks, the previous red from my pinched no longer noticeable. His hand slowly raised covered the cheek that i had just kissed, and still has the expression couldn’t believe what just happened.
“R-Rena..”
“Hmm?”
“I’m willing to take any pinch from you, if in the end i’ll get a kiss” He gave a wink to me, smiling like an idiot.
“S-Silly!” I pinched him harder than before, walked away leaving him behind
“W-Wait! I’m missing something here”
I turned my heels, found him showed me his hand, indicating something.
I reached my hand toward him “Come on and get me!” I motioned him to get closer. “it looks like…... mine missing yours too”
I whispered the last part but lucky, since he always knew what is on my mind without I spoke it louder. He walked slowly toward me, wrapped my hand to his.
End of FlashBack General POVRena walked toward flower’s books section. Finally she saw the familiar figure standing leaned against one of the bookshelves. Their eyes met each other, Rena tried to walk toward him. When she was about to reached where he stand, Sae halted her by raising his right hand, He held something on his hand, the sketchbook. He held the sketchbook covered half of his face, Rena can only see his dark-brown eyes. He began to opened the first page, showed it to Rena, there was a message written on it.
“From now on, please listen to what I want to tell you”
“What are you doing?” Rena chuckled
Sae kept pointing at the sketchbook. Rena gave up, and nodded. Sae flip over the first page, to next page.
“I thought every girls in this school will know me, but I was wrong when I met you”
Rena remembered how they met for the first time, she didn’t know him at all despite him being so popular at school. Rena gave another nod, implying that she’s done read that, therefore Sae flip next page.
“Everyone will thought that I’m the coolest guy in the school, but you know that I am more like moron when i’m with you.”
Rena giggled, yeah not many knew that Sae always had silly side of him. Not forget, sometimes he’s being shy around Rena. The taller boy, flip another page again.
“When florist always use baby’s breath as a complement to their bouquet..”
Rena nodded again, he continued flip the page again.
“To me, you’re not just side character, you are the heroine in every chapter of my story”Rena speechless, couldn’t help but embarrassed. Sae continued flip another page
“Many people said that I could be hook up with any girls”
Rena agreed with those statement, she snorted and crossed her arms together.
“The truth is, if I could be with anyone. It’d still You...”
Rena could see from his handwriting, he emphasized the “You” part.
“Honestly, I’m not good at words”Rena smiled, and raised her eyebrows.
“So…..”Rena tilted her head. Sae finally moved the sketchbook which covered half of his face to in front of his broad chest. He flip the last page of sketchbook,
“Can I call you mine already, Rena?” He beamed with his signature smile.
Sae’s POV“Why didn’t she say anything?”I used this sketchbook to covered my face on purpose, because I knew how red my face right now. I could heard my heart hammering inside my chest, I swore this is more nerve-racking than the Basketball Championship. I mean it’s hard to stand in front of your crush, after did the love confession.
“Rena…?”
Rena’s POVHis words finally snapped out of me from this trance.
“Yes..?”
“What is your answer?” I could notice his nervousness and fidgety at the same time.
Instead answering his question, I walked slowly until our gaps just a foot away. His eyes were roaming around the library but my orbs. I took the sketchbook from his hands, threw it down.
“W-What are you doing, Rena?” Shock was plastered on his face.
“Just doing, what I need to do.” I simply answered.
He pouted and said “You don’t have to throw that, if you’re going to reject-”
Before he could finish his sentence, I jumped into his arms, snake my arms through his armpits to wrapped his shoulder from behind.
“Who said that I’m going to reject you?” I buried my face to his broad chest.
“So.. it’s a yes?” I could sensed his eyes were searching for mine.
Sae’s POV“Yattaaaaa~!!”
returned the embrace, more tighter than hers, my hand climbed up to her hair, stroke it in loving way. We didn’t say anything else, just enjoy the moment. I don’t know how long we were in each other’s arms, but one thing for sure I wish time would stop now. But too bad, the bell rang, we need to go to our class.
“Rena, I’d like to stay like this for loooong time. But I think you need to go to your class too”
I was the first one to broke the embrace, she still didn’t look at me. But my mind already occupied by next class, since after lunch break is PE class. I was appointed as captain, it’s not good example if I’m late.
“Let’s go.” I was about to leave by dragged her wrist, but tug from tip of my shirt stopped me.
“S-senpai, w-wait…”
“Hm? Are you hurt?” I bent down to her head level,
“Mm-mm” She shook her head furiously
“Then? What is wrong?” I cupped one of her cheeks, stares into her almond-shape orbs.
“Ano…don’t you forget something?”
Rena’s POV“He said the next time I need to prepare my lips, Senpai Baka” I puckered my lips
“Hmmm..” He tried very hard to remember, but I knew he forget about that.
“About the thing you said last time…” I said with annoyance tone, and continued “You said I should prepare my-”
There was a warm flesh pressed against my lips, he wrapped me closer to him.
“I don’t forget about it, you know~ hehe” He gave a wink, and pinched my nose, bent down again to give a quick peck once again on my lips.
“Mouu~” I smacked his chest,
“Ouch! But you’re cute, Rena” He hissed in pain, still smiled like an idiot.
“I know, I am cute” I sticked out my tongue, pinched one of his cheeks.
“Hai Hai~ Shall we go now, Rena?” He asked for my hand, like a prince asked for the princess. He bowed his head slightly, whilst his eyes still fixed on mine.
“Silly, Let’s go” I let out soft chuckled, and intertwined our hands together.
Topic: Brave Enough - Sae|Jurina|Rena|Yuki| & Others | Finally... Chapter.13 [16/3/17] (Read 60169 times)