HEY GUUUYYSSSZZZ! :'D Sorry, I've been on a sort of hiatus(sorry, sorry DX), but the chapter is finally up! X3 I kept on losing my flashdrive, had school, and some social problems. ._. I also have summer school(for extra electives[I have AP classes D:] so shh). So I'm so very sorry. ;~; *sighs* Anyways, your long awaited chapter has arrived. :'D Took me a while to get back into my style of writing(see! I was gone for a good cause I didn't want you guys reading a poopy version of my writing ;~;). Wellz, anyways, enough of me ranting. XD Enjoy~
NOTE: [This] is Junpei's thoughts. [This] is Hamuko's thoughts.
ANOTHER NOTE: In the Japanese version, Yukari isn't called "Yuka-tan," she's called Yukaricchi, so the same concept applies to Hamu-tan, Hamukocchi.
DISCLAIMER: I wished I owned everything, but no, I do not own anything(except for my own writing), ATLUS owns these awesome characters. ;~;
Hamuko gazed at the beautiful starry sky as she was finally heading back to the dorm that day. She was walking along the sidewalk and was almost at her destination. She blankly stared ahead but she still caught sight of the tall, dark green street lamps that were lit up, and they looked almost beautiful tonight… The clear night sky made the whole world seem a bit darker than it usually is, but the brightly shining moon was what mesmerized Hamuko. It stood there in its lonely throne, trying to shine bright enough for the whole world to notice it. It reminded her much of herself. Hamuko always tried to do things in order to get noticed, wanting everyone to give her a pat on the back, saying, "Dear, you did a very nice job." But even with the attention, she couldn't help but realize how lonely she still was… And, just like Hamuko, the moon was beautiful, yet lonely…
She shook off the feelings of hurt and loneliness out of her head. She then thought back to her plans. She knew that she was going to have to make Junpei fall in love with her, as blunt as he may be. That beautiful smile, those cloudy gray eyes… He was dreamy in every way, and Hamuko thought she was an idiot, not noticing how perfect Junpei was until now… But whenever she thought of what had happened today, her eyes would be brimmed with tears, her face blushing wildly at the realization of her own embarrassing actions. Come on, trying to confess by asking to be lovers? Who would do that..?
[Of course, only a dork like me would do it... Ugh, I'm so stupid… I'll never be good enough to be with Junpei... Why did I even try in the first place?]
Hamuko's face got an even darker shade of red, and she tucked her school bag right under her eyes to try to hide her blush. Junpei was confused—clueless—to Hamuko's feelings of love towards him. Did she not make it obvious enough? No, maybe she's being paranoid… But he should have noticed! Maybe he doesn't like her… Feelings of anxiety and unacceptance started going through Hamuko's head right to the point where she felt like just collapsing then and there. But her feelings and determination to break through Junpei's barrier was too strong, and she finally came to a conclusion. She is going to do this. She will make Junpei fall in love with her, no matter how hard it will be!
THONK!
"OUCH!" Hamuko suddenly yelped. She stumbled backwards and looked up. She lifted her right hand to touch her forehead, which now had a small bulge. A small tear came from her crimson eyes as she glared at the pole that she had just hit. "Stupid pole!" Hamuko cried. She frowned for a moment, then laughed at herself, yelling at inanimate objects for her own faults. She reached up to her eyes to wipe her tear, and continued to follow her route to the dorm.
Finally—just finally—she had reached the dorm. Hamuko sighed, and her arm reached out to open the door. A sudden breeze coming from the lounge reached Hamuko's face, and she smiled. She walked inside, and Yukari, noticing the cheerful presence of Hamuko, turned her head and giggled, "A little late, are we?" Hamuko responded with a laugh and said, "Well, I had things to do." Yukari grinned and focused back on reading her fashion magazine.
As Hamuko closed the door behind her, she was suddenly pounced on by the white shiba inu, Koromaru. Knocking her backwards, Koromaru started licking her face playfully, making Hamuko giggle uncontrollably. She was finally able to gasp out, "Koro-chan—haha—stop!" The shiba inu obeyed and bounced off from Hamuko's body. Hamuko wiped her face with her sleeve and stood up, leaning in towards Koromaru, crimson eyes meeting the dog's blood red ones. "You wanna go for a walk, huh?" Hamuko smiled. Koromaru barked in response and ran around Hamuko excitedly. The girl simply giggled, and promised that she will walk him after changing out of her school clothes.
As Hamuko trotted over to the second floor of the co-ed dorm, she saw Junpei sitting on a chair, hunched over a textbook. When she saw him, she giggled and said, "Oh, well, this is a very rare sight to see!" Junpei jumped and quickly tried to hide the textbook.
"Wh-wha-?" He laughed. "Uhm, there must be a kind of misunderstanding. You see… ehhh…" Junpei shook his head and smacked himself. Hamuko laughed care-freely, and asked Junpei if he had wanted to walk Koromaru with her. "Oh, uh, sure," Junpei blinked.
[This is my chance…! I can ask her why she asked me that weird question… Or… maybe I'm just being too paranoid? But she didn't even give me a chance to answer... Or… was she just kidding?]
Junpei suddenly frowned, and Hamuko cocked her eyebrows. "Well," she broke the moment's silence, "I'm going to go change out of these clothes… I'll see you downstairs with Koro-chan." After saying this, Hamuko trotted up the stairs to her bedroom, where she had switched into a light outfit, consisting of a blue sweater, a white skirt, black stockings, and red boots. She placed her red earphones on their usual spot, wrapped her red scarf around her neck, and sighed.
[What the heck was I thinking, asking Junpei to come along after what had happened today!? Ugh, I'm such an idiot… What am I going to do!?]
Hamuko shook her head, and walked downstairs to the lounge. As she saw Koromaru happily running around Junpei, her lips pulled into a smile. She strolled over to the two, and spoke, "Well, let's go." Junpei looked up and nodded in response, escorting the girl to the door and opening it. "After you, madam," Junpei joked as Hamuko lightly hit him on the head. "Thank you," she grinned.
…
For a while, there was silence between the two. There was only the sound of Koromaru running around the empty shrine and panting, stopping a few times to sniff something that seemed interesting. But even though they weren't paying attention to one another, there was still a strange sense of tension around the air.
Finally, Junpei decided to break this awkward silence. He turned his gaze towards Hamuko and cleared his throat, "Hamukocchi, why did you ask me that weird question today?" Hamuko was fiddling with her mp3, but after hearing this, her eyes widened, and she froze. "Were you just kidding? Or…?" Junpei laughed nervously, turning his eyes back to the white shiba inu.
Again, there was a silence, but Hamuko finally decided to say something. She turned to Junpei and uttered, "I'm sorry…" Hearing this small apology, Junpei turned over to look at Hamuko, but instead of looking at her eyes, something else caught his sight. His lightly shaded eyes focused on Hamuko's forehead, and he felt his hand reaching out to touch the small red bump that was clumsily trying to stay hidden beneath the girl's auburn colored hair. Hamuko blushed a crimson red, and she froze as Junpei's hand touched her forehead.
"Ngh," Hamuko winced under Junpei's touch. She finally moved backwards and raised her hand to cover the bump on her head. "That hurt, Junpei-kun!" Hamuko was still blushing violently, and Junpei laughed, "I'm sorry. I didn't realize that it would hurt that much, but seriously…" Junpei reached out once again and lightly came back in contact with the small injury. "... How did you..," Junpei trailed off. Hamuko moved her hand to the side, and held her arms under herself for support as Junpei leaned over to examine the bump even closer. All during this, the rhythm of the girl's heart was running faster each second, and she hoped that the dark haired man wouldn't notice her seemingly bursting heart.
[Oh geez, what's Junpei doing? I hope this doesn't get really awkward…]
Junpei's own thoughts filled his head, and his heart started beating a little bit faster each second. He felt his face get a little hot, and when his face got closer to Hamuko's, his blush grew a little bit darker. He ran his fingers delicately over the small bump, Hamuko wincing a bit from his touch.
[Hamukocchi's skin is so soft… Wait, what am I doing? I shouldn't be doing this… It's wrong, Hamuko likes someone else, I know she does…]
Suddenly, Koromaru ran up to them and barked at the two, panting. The shiba inu startled the couple, and Hamuko stood up abruptly, still blushing immensely. "L-let's go home, K-Koro-chan!" Hamuko exclaimed, at the same time uselessly trying to hide her blush with her red scarf. She walked on ahead with Koromaru, and Junpei sat alone on the bench, looking up at the blank night sky. He sighed to himself, finally standing up after a couple of moments.
[Face it, Stupei. You'll never get her.]
*gasps* What's going to happen next? D: Hopefully, you won't have to wait as long for the next chapter, ehehe... XS Well, as always, be on the look-out for the next chapter(hopefully it comes soon ;~;)! X3 Baibai, and I luv you all! *huggles everyone*~
EDIT: I decided to leave these notes here cuz it's a friendly reminder of who I used to be, lol. Dio-chan didn't make a very good weeaboo, did she? God, Cy-kun. You're incredibly annoying... I'll have to tie you up next time...
~theIdiosocracy, Dio-chan and Cy-kun