[Shindou's POV]

I really hate Mondays, I said to myself. I just couldn't stand having to get up early just to catch a crowded train to get to school. When I was younger I was so happy to get there, but since I started high school things just aren't the same anymore. I have to spend most of my free time studying at the moment. Sometimes that means having to skip soccer practice. The middle school's soccer club was more fun anyway. A lot of people from the Raimon team quit, so now there's only three of us playing for the high school. Even Kirino abandoned his favorite sport to join the stupid drama club. I'm pretty sure it was Aoi's fault, since she kept trying to talk him into it. She was the manager of the high school's drama club, and Kirino did anything she'd ask him to. I couldn't tell if he was just trying to be nice or if he liked her. Maybe he did have a crush on her, after all he was really clingy and always wanted to hang out with her. And not with me. Not that I was jealous or anything…

Our last year of middle school Kirino and I got into a fight, and we haven't been talking much since. The situation was indeed kind of stupid. When we were playing soccer against a different school's team, one of the players told Kirino that girls weren't allowed to play in that match. I started laughing and… well, I started calling Kirino a girl as well. I was just joking around, but he got so mad he kicked dirt at me and ran off. The next few days he wouldn't even look at me, and it wasn't until the beginning of this school year that he started talking to me again. Still he would just say what was absolutely necessary. I really liked spending time with him though, and now I am beating myself up for teasing him back then. Maybe I should try talking to him and apologize. But whenever I started a conversation with him I didn't know how to keep it going. And of course he wouldn't even try to. I promised myself I would try to say sorry to him after school. After all it would be nice if we could be friends again.

A/N: This chapter turned out shorter than I had expected... Sorry! Next one will be longer, I promise! Anyway, thanks for reading! This is my first fanfic in like forever sooo... let's just say I tried xD