Author's note: So here's the second chapter! After this chapter every chapter are going to have a little meaning and you can try to guess it if you want :)
Please enjoy reading the story of Yukikaze and his companions!
I knew that it was wrong. She was three years younger than me and she was my superior's younger sister. I shouldn't have felt like that. It was simply wrong to feel like that. Military people shouldn't feel affection anyway. What if a war started and the person you loved died? What if you died in front of someone who loved you? It was simply wrong to feel affection if you were in military, right? The other military officers were so tough and strong and I was so small. I shouldn't be feeling such things as affection. It could be used against me someday.
"How are you exactly doing that, Yukikaze-san?" I heard someone asking. "I've never seen someone leaning their forehead on a bookshelf like that when they read something."
I slowly turned around and saw the person I had been thinking for this whole week. My face instantly flushed deep red and my knees started shaking uncontrollably. I tried to say something but nothing came into my mind. My mouth suddenly felt very dry. I adjusted my glasses and managed to utter that I should go get some coffee for Ayanami-sama. With that I almost ran away from the room. I went to look for the cafeteria where I could get the coffee for Ayanami-sama and some green tea for me and Kanon-chan.
Why am I so stupid? I thought when I was waiting for the lady in the cafeteria to pour Ayanami-sama's coffee and the green tea for me and Kanon-chan.
"Having problems with love, are you, Yukikaze?" the cafeteria lady asked.
"Yes", I whined. "Please help me, Natori-san!"
"Well, tell me about this case", Natori-san said.
"Well… There is a girl I like", I mumbled.
"And what about this girl is the problem?" Natori-san asked. "She must be very lucky to have you love her."
"The problem is that she is three years younger than me and she is the younger sister of my superior", I blurted out. "And I don't know what my superior would do if I just told his sister that I like her. It might become a bloody murder if I confess my feelings!"
Natori-san laughed and said: "I don't think that your superior is going to murder you for that. Your superior is Ayanami, right?" When I nodded she continued: "He's not a monster or something. He just is less talk-active than the other officers. I say go for it! You don't have to confess your feelings but you can show your affection for her in some other way! It is not a crime to love someone!"
"Thank you!" I smiled and took the cups of coffee and tea from her. I quickly walked to Ayanami-sama's office where I also saw Kanon-chan. I smiled widely when I entered the office and said: "I got something to drink for all three of us!"
"Thank you so much, Yukikaze-san!" Kanon-chan exclaimed. I gave her a cup of tea and then I gave Ayanami-sama his coffee. When I looked at the tray that had my cup of tea I saw that my tea wasn't there anymore. I turned around and saw my idiotic relative who was Ayanami-sama's friend (at least sort of) and who had a habit of stealing my things continually.
"You're an idiot!" I exclaimed when I tried to hit Hyuuga with the tray that was still in my hands. "That was my cup of tea! When did you come here anyway?"
"A bit after you had left", Hyuuga grinned.
"I would have taken another cup if I knew that you were here", I mumbled. "Why are you even here?"
"I got bored", Hyuuga said like it would be the most obvious thing in the world.
"Don't mind him, Yukikaze", Ayanami-sama said. "He is almost always here so it would be better to prepare drinks for four people than to take the risk of him drinking your refreshment."
"That's right", Kanon-chan laughed. "Before you came here he would usually drink my tea and I would always hit him with something thick."
"Kanon", Ayanami-sama said suddenly. "Are you really going to refuse father's order?"
"Of course I am", Kanon-chan snorted. "I am not going to be forced into a marriage in this age. I'm only twelve, you know? I don't want to live away from my family with some idiot boy who probably doesn't even have brain. Besides, I belong here. I belong to the world of everlasting danger and fear. I even like it, so why should I go somewhere else?" She almost shouted the last sentence she said. She also had hit the biggest bookshelf in the office and a vase was swinging on top of the corner of the top shelf and it looked like it would fall on Kanon anytime.
"Look out, Kanon-san!" I yelled and pushed her out of the danger. After that I suddenly felt a horrible pain in my head and heard a loud crash at the same time. I felt myself falling onto the ground. I saw some blood and many shards of the vase. I realized that the blood was mine and that the vase had probably fallen onto me. I felt some tears falling from my eyes as I took one of the shards in my hand. I smiled a bit and whispered: "So this is what the love looks like…" After that everything went black.
White. That was the first thing I saw when my eyes opened. There was only white. When my eyes had been open for a bit longer I realized that I was in a hospital room. After that I realized that I couldn't see very well because I wasn't wearing my glasses as usual. When I tried to move my head a sudden wave of nausea swept over me and I squeezed my eyes shut. I also squeezed my hands around the warm quilt that was on the bed that I was on.
"Are you feeling ill, Yukikaze-san?" an upset female voice asked. "The doctor said that you have a mild concussion so you shouldn't be moving too much because you'll be feeling nauseous for some time!"
"Thank… you…" I managed to whisper before the nausea swept over me again.
"I'm so sorry", the voice mumbled. I finally realized that the voice belonged to Kanon-chan. I tried to smile but my expression probably looked like a really pained smile because the next thing she said was: "It was my fault that the vase fell on you. It must have hurt you so much. I'm so sorry."
"It's alright", I whispered. "If I hadn't pushed you out of the danger you might have died. I'm quite happy that I saved you even though I got this headache. I didn't want you to die after all."
"Well, that's quite right", I heard Ayanami-sama's voice saying. "That's why Hyuuga almost got a heart attack when he realized that you weren't moving. He was almost crying…"
"I wasn't crying, Aya-tan!" Hyuuga's voice yelled from somewhere far away. However, I heard that his voice was thicker than usually. I smiled a bit and slowly turned my head to Kanon's direction.
"Are my glasses somewhere in there?" I asked quietly. "I'm practically half-blind without them so I really need them."
"Ah… I have them!" Kanon-chan said. She put them into my left hand and I put them on my face. I looked at her and I saw that she had been crying. Her eyes were red and on her cheeks there were some traces of tears. She looked like she would start crying again.
"I think that I should get this little troublemaker home before our father yells at her again", Ayanami-sama said. "One shock per day is more than enough."
"That's right", I whispered. "See you tomorrow if the doctors let me out of here by then."
"Okay!" Kanon smiled as she left with Ayanami-sama. I looked after them for a bit before I realized that there was a tiny note on my nightstand. I picked it up and read aloud the small message that was written with Kanon's handwriting.
"Love is not a glass shard, Yuki! It is a beautiful and decorated vase that everyone likes!"
I smiled a bit and whispered in Raggs: "You're wrong, Kanon. My love has already become a glass shard that only hurts people."