Chapter 1

"It's so pretty." I whispered. My head rested in Haru's lap as we sat in his backyard. I looked up at the night sky and saw stars shining bright against the black velvet sky.

"It is." This was the second time that I had stayed this late at Haru's. I would always be the last one to leave his house after our friends would leave to return to their homes, but Haru never said anything. We would always sit together and do something. Some nights we would watch some television or we would sit outside to look up at the stars together.

"If I ever talk too much, Haru, just tell me." I blurted out. My eyes found his ocean blue ones when I felt his slender fingers comb through my hair.

"You don't talk too much." He said.

"Are you sure?" He nodded his head at me. I smiled at him before sitting up and facing him. He gave me a questionable look before I pressed my lips on his for a chaste kiss. I sighed before lying back down and resting my head in Haru's lap.

"Have you been practicing the song for your choir?"

"Yup."

"Can I hear it?" I raised my eyebrow at him. Haru rarely asked me to sing for him, so whenever he did I was always surprised.

"If you really want to."

"Sing for me, Kei." I smiled up at him before nodding my head and sitting up straight.

"Coming!" I yelled as I ran towards the front door. After I peeled the wooden door back Makoto and Haru were standing in front of me.

"Morning, Kei." Makoto smiled at me.

"Morning." Haru sighed.

"Good morning! This is a nice switch, huh?" I commented as I pulled on my shoes and stepped outside my house. After I locked the front door the three of us began walking to school in the crisp spring air.

"It's usually us picking up Haru." Makoto commented.

"I never told you guys to come and pick me up." Haru mumbled.

"But if we didn't then you'd never get out of the bath in time for school!" I pointed out to the blue-eyed boy. He huffed as he looked away from the two of us and towards the familiar sea.

"So why were you running late, Kei? You never run late." Makoto questioned.

"Well…my alarm didn't go off this morning, so I was rushing when I woke up. Also, my mom was in the washroom and refused to get out to let me use it quickly. Then Kaiya and Kaito were running around in the kitchen making a mess." I let out a sigh as I mentally relived my morning. "It was just one of those mornings."

"I guess it is just one of those mornings." Makoto laughed.

"Are you guys cleaning the pool today?" I asked.

"Yup! Are you going to help us?"

"Nope. We have our first choir meeting today, so I can't, but I'll come by afterwards, so we can all head home." I explained.

"I brought everyone snacks." I announced as I walked into the pool area. The boys were busy scrubbing the pool while Gou was cleaning the platforms.

"How about we tell them in a few minutes? They're almost done." Gou suggested. I looked over to the boys and saw that she was right. They had worked so hard and the pool almost looked brand-new.

"Kei-chan!" Nagisa waved over to me with a big smile plastered on his face.

"Keep scrubbing Nagisa!" I yelled back.

"You brought us snacks, right?" He asked.

"Of course I did! So the faster you finish the faster you can eat!" As Nagisa yelled in excitement he continued to clean his piece of the pool. I sat down at the edge and pulled out my snack from the bag. As I slowly began to munch on the soft pastry Gou sat herself down to my left.

"Can I have mine, please?" I nodded my head and I fished through the bag until I found hers. Once I placed it in her hands she squealed and pulled back the wrapper to take a bite. "Kei-san?"

"Yes?"

"I have a question." I looked at her and nodded my head.

"Go on."

"What are you and Haru?" I raised an eyebrow at her question as I stared at her.

"Human?" I suggested. She shook her head at my answer and rephrased her question.

"Well…I was just wondering if you two were a couple. Since we all know what happened last year after regionals none of us really know what you two are."

"Oh! Well we're together."

"Like a couple?"

"Kind of." I looked away from Gou and towards Haru. His soft black hair slightly blew in the breeze as he continued to focus on cleaning the pool. His slender fingers held onto the sponge as he put pressure on the pool to scrub away the dirt. "I asked Haru that same question a few months ago. All he said to me was that we're together. He's not comfortable with titles. He's too simple for that." As I shrugged my shoulders I looked back at Gou and smiled. "So yes, we're together. Don't think of it like being girlfriend and boyfriend, but just think about it as being with someone because he taught me that we don't need a title to be happy."

I opened up my front door and walked inside. After taking off my shoes I walked into the kitchen and placed my bag on the table as my mom ran threw the kitchen to stand directly in front of me.

"You won't believe who just called!" She yelled in my face.

"God?" I asked.

"No, Kei. It was the Yamazaki family!"

"What?" I practically yelled out of disbelief.

"Their son is going to Samezuka now! We're all going to have dinner soon! Isn't this great news?" I was shocked at what my mom had yelled and she didn't seem to realize that I hadn't moved or made a sound. I felt my knees go weak, so I sat in the chair beside me as continued to stare at my mom as she rambled on about her best friend.

"H-He's back?" I whispered.

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