A near chirping arrived into the ear of the sleeping protagonist, and it grew louder as he began to awake from his slumber. Just a small orange tint coming from his windows signifying that dawn was just arriving.
Shintaro lay in his bed gazing at the ceiling not moving while the chirping continued.
Why do I find a recurring theme every morning so annoying..?
A sigh left the boy's lips and finally situated himself into a position to turn off the alarm coming from his phone, grimacing at the bright screen that blinded himself for a second.
He noticed an abundance of messages that were left for him that he didn't even notice the night before from his only friend, one that which he would still not admit to himself that he had feelings for.
Shintaro didn't bother to read them, he knew what they were all about. He carelessly fell asleep without a farewell and the scolding was coming.
Shintaro sat up and peered out the window in his room as the sun was rising to say hello, he hissed. Such a bitter sight it was for him to see such a bright light so early in the morning.
Small footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs and he knew exactly who it was.
"Onii—"Chanted Momo while beginning to enter the room
"Let me stop you there. I'm awake, go away." Shintaro responded swiftly and began to hobble to the door and met eyes with his younger sibling.
She grew a grin as well as he did, but his grin made shivers go down his sister's spine. Shintaro twitched and slammed the door on her face making her cry.
"Why are you so mean!?"
Isn't it a bit too early for things like this?
His morning carried on as he was preparing to leave a ding emitted from his pocket, a message from the one who both made his life hell, and heaven.
Did you fall asleep? I bet you did. Were you on your computer too late? Hehe, are you becoming a NEET?
Shintaro grimaced. A NEET? He loved the web and couldn't go so long without it but he wouldn't go THAT far.
Which question would you like me to answer first?
Finishing off his snarky remark with a snicker he hit send feeling clever.
That was until he got a response.
Maybe you were up late due to "other" circumstances huh?
Shintaro glanced at the response and left one more message before he put his phone away, wanting the last word.
Never speak to me again.
It wasn't until his journey to school did he notice Ayano at the bridge that he crossed, with a sad look on her face.
Why? Did something happen at home?
He had no clue that she took his last response to heart and Shintaro was greeted by an abundance of apologies that weren't necessary in the first place.
Shintaro slipped a sly smile and patted her head, "I didn't actually mean something like that."
Tears welling up in Ayano's eyes, she stared into his eyes, "Y-You mean it? It was just a joke, I'm sorry…"
"I mean it."
"You really, really mean it?"
"Really, really."
Ayano began again, not fully buying into his response, "Reall—"
Shintaro placed a finger on her lip whilst rolling his eyes, "Please do not make me do something like that again."
Ayano began to draw a blush, embarrassed that he had done that to silence her. It made her heart flutter.
Shintaro's face also began to flush because of hers. He didn't think too much into his own actions until he saw the redness in her cheeks.
His hand flew back to his side as Ayano raised her scarf to cover her nose so that he can't take further notice of her face.
Shintaro spoke before taking a step ahead of Ayano, "L-Let's get to school…"
Both of their hearts skipped a beat at what occurred.
A/N: Damn, I forgot one of these things again. I figured to add it in since I'm already finished typing the second chapter. Or first since I guess I kind of wanted to consider this my prologue. Either way, this was very short now that I look at it. I guess I wanted something up so that I can just work on what I had for an idea next. The next chapter will be out later today, I work pretty fast. ;)