"Hey, Kirino." I walked over to the boy who was sitting on the steps in front of the school. Club meetings as well as sport practices ended late, so it was already dark. We were both waiting for our parents to pick us up from school, along with other students who were involved in after-school activities.

"What is it?" the other asked, not looking at me.

"Umm… I wanted to tell you something." I looked down. "I…" Before I could finish the sentence my mom's car parked in front of me. "I gotta go," I said, quickly getting up and walking to the car. I waved at Kirino. "See you tomorrow."

My mother chuckled as I got into the car. "Who is she?"

"Who is who?" I frowned.

"The girl you were sitting with."
"Girl?" Was she talking about Kirino?

"You don't have to try to keep it a secret. I'm happy for you if you have a girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?" I glared at her. Why was she so obsessed with the thought of me having a girlfriend? It would probably make her happy to know I did have one. "Her name is Ki… Kiki! And yes, she… she's my girlfriend." What did I just say? Kirino… my GIRLfriend? My mom smiled.

"I'm so happy for you!" she exclaimed. "Why don't you invite her over for dinner tomorrow so your father and I can meet her?" Wait, what?! Invite Kirino for dinner while he has to pretend to be a girl? How was I going to do that? And if my mother realized I was lying I would get grounded for at least a month, which meant no soccer practice!

"Um… sure mom. I'm gonna ask her tomorrow." Oh my… Kirino is gonna freak out about that! How am I supposed to tell him that? And, more importantly, how am I gonna get him to play along?

When we arrived at home I went straight to my room and let myself fall onto my bed. I decided to listen to some music, it always helped me think. I grabbed my iPod from my nightstand and put it on shuffle. The first song was One Ok Rock's Liar. "What a coincidence," I muttered, rolling my eyes. Even my iPod was calling me a liar now. I chuckled at that thought and starting humming along anyway. I loved that song after all! Eventually I decided to text Kirino to let him know that he was now my girlfriend. I grabbed my phone which was lying on the bed next to me and I turned around so I was lying on my back. I scrolled through the contacts on my phone until I found Kirino's name.

"Hey" I texted, deciding to make casual conversation at first. My phone vibrated in my hand as the other replied almost instantly.

"What is it?"

"What's up? Hanging out with Aoi again?" Did that make me look like some creepy stalker?

"Why does that matter to you?" Kirino was usually so nice, but since I called him a girl I just felt like he hated me more every day. Probably he didn't even hate me. He was too good of a person to do that…

"Just asking. I actually wanted to ask something different…"

"Go ahead?" How am I gonna say that? Oh crap!

"Would you like to come over for dinner tomorrow?"

"YOU're inviting ME for dinner? Why? What do you want?"

"Nothing. I just… wanted to say sorry. I was being mean at that soccer game. And I was wondering if you wanted to be friends again?"

"Alright. When should I be there?"

"Like… 6?" I sighed and sent another message, "And could you maybe wear a dress?"

"I knew it! You were just making fun of me! Forget it, I'm not coming."

I facepalmed. How was I supposed to fix that? "Let's talk about that tomorrow?"

Kirino didn't reply. I think I didn't fix anything…

Well, I would still get him to talk to me after school tomorrow…