"Christmas party…?" Yamaken asks in confusion as you hand him the tickets for coming over.
"Yeah! I thought you might get a chance with Mizutani-san…" you avoid making eye-contact and drink your coffee as he takes it from your hand. You both sat outside a café where you'd usually meet up.
Well, it was obvious that you were inviting him because he might dance with you instead. Boy, weren't you selfish? You had no idea how you two had become friends… you weren't even attracted to him this way before. All you did was hang out and give him advices to get with Shizuku. No, he wasn't just using you as a benefit; he did see you only as a friend. You truly helped him and showed him ways to win her heart but Shizuku was one cold-hearted girl. He trusted you and enjoyed having you around but he had another girl in his eyes… not you. It pains you but as long as he is happy, you are happy.
"Thanks a bunch, [y/n]…" he looks at the tickets and blushes a bit.
"I should get going… It's getting late" You wear your bag around yourself after paying for the drink. "See you in a week" you wave before leaving.
"I'll drop you off since your house is closer to a bus stop" Yamaken gets up and walks besides you which makes you blush but you manage hiding it.
You both walk without uttering a word. 'I wonder if I even have a chance with him…' you think to yourself.
"Say [y/n]… is there anyone you like?" Yamaken says with a flat voice, interrupting your thought and looking at you with a plain expression.
You try your best not to stutter and decide to stay completely cool. You cover your red flush with one hand and avoid looking at him so you wouldn't lose your words. "O-Of course not!" your voice came out wobbly and tremulous.
"It's pretty obvious when you sound like that. And covering your face like this… who do you take me for?" He brings his face closer to yours only leaving centimeters between the gap. You back up and hit a wall behind you. Your face was red as a tomato and your pupils had shrunk from the shock.
"Y-Yamaken, will you please back away a little…?"
"Sorry…" He realizes the space between you two and moves back with pink over his cheeks.
"Th-There is no one… I'm just a little sensitive to these kind of questions and you asking me that out of nowhere…" you fake a chuckle hoping he'd believe your dumb lie.
"Is that so?"
He drops you off and you both wave goodbye. You see him turning left from your house which makes you chuckle up a bit, "Yamaken! You're supposed to turn right from here if you want to reach the bus stop!"
"…I knew that" he rushes to the right hurriedly without looking at you.
~Next Day~
"[Y/n]-chan! [Y/n]-chan! [Y/n]-chan!"
"…what, What! WHAT!" you yell at Natsume who's been bugging you all day.
"…I was just… wondering if you'd like to go shopping with Mitty and I for the Christmas party…" She says quietly and tries to hide behind Sasayan-kun who's basically quivering as well.
"…alright. Sorry for erupting like that…" you continue to study with Shizuku at Haru's and Mi-chan's place.
"You're surprisingly really good at studies, [Y/n]" Mi-chan sits beside you and takes a sip from his drink.
"Yeah, I got first position in the… fi…nals…" you quiet down after you see Shizuku boiling with anger.
Shizuku had started getting third position after you had transferred to this school so you two had a little conflict between each other.
The day of the Christmas party.
"I can't believe [y/n]-chan! We were all supposed to dress up together today. That traitor!" Natsume pouts as she did her hair.
"I'm pretty sure she has a reason for not coming over." Ooshima says as she puts on her accessories.
You walk to the party alone which was being held in the school, you wore your jacket over your *insert favorite dress* and scarf that covered your mouth. You were still shivering from the cold weather and wondering if the girls were still getting dressed.
"Oi." A familiar voice made you jump. You turned to see Yamaken in a suit. He looked so classy, you couldn't help but stare.
"What are you looking at…?" he blushes a bit.
"O-oh, nothing…" you look away immediately and continue walking.
'She looks beautiful… should I compliment her?' Yamaken thought as he looked at you from the corner of his eye.
"Y-you look…" he blushes a bit.
"Hm?" you turn to him, "Yes?"
"Y…you look…" he avoids eye-contact and hides his blush with his hand.
"You look like you could use a longer heel, short-stack."
"Wh...what did you say?!" you furiously yell at the blonde
'I couldn't even compliment her… I'm such an idiot! This might be the first time I regret something so much in my life!'
"You're such a jerk! What did I even expect? Good luck finding the school, Ya-ma-ken!" you rage out and rush away from him.
'Maybe I shouldn't have said that…' the both of you think of the same thing at the same time.