"Junpei!" I yelled from downstairs. "Come on! Breakfast!"
"I'm coming!" He yelled as he walked down, pulling on that stupid baseball cap.
Yukari and Mitsuru waited in their seats as Fuuka set breakfast on the table, the rice still steaming slightly, the smell of miso intruding my nose as I sat across from Akihiko's spot. We sat and waited until Akihiko and Junpei joined us, sitting across and next to me.
"What kept you?" Yukari asked.
"I slept in. Is it suddenly illegal to sleep in on a Sunday?" Junpei shot back, obviously cranky from being woken up.
I laughed as he rubbed his eyes. Smiling at Junpei, I felt my heart skip a beat as he smiled back. This stupid feeling had been plaguing me for a while now. The unfortunate feeling of falling for your best guy friend who obviously would never return your feelings, despite him always acting like he did. Boy just seem to be stupid like that.
"Come on, Stupei, we have a mission in a week, you can't just sleep through everything." Yukari stated, holding her rice bowl in one hand and her chopsticks in the other.
Junpei sighed and we began to eat.
"Yukari, you're too hard sometimes." I said as I sipped my milk.
Junpei smiled over before taking a slurp of miso. The next boss would appear soon, as Pharos told me last night. I felt the blood drain from my face as I thought about Pharos. He was so odd and creepy, my final opinion on his was still formulation.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Junpei asked as he elbowed my side.
"Um… Nothing." I whispered.
What is this end he keeps talking about? I don't want my friends to die…
"You're a horrible liar." I looked up at him. "Are you doing anything today?"
"I'm probably going to the mall." I answered.
"What's with girls and always going to the mall?" Junpei began, his mouth full of food as he did. "What's so fun about shopping? You just go around trying on clothes and obsessing over how you look. I mean, you look great without trying." My cheeks tinged pink at his unintentional compliment. "What's wrong? You feeling okay?" He asked.
I nodded and started eating. Shit… I'm so pathetic.