Title: Happily Ever Afters

Chapter 3: Pocketful of Sunshine

Disclaimer: Nobody owns PoT in the world of fan fiction…unless Konomi-sensei is a fanboy.

A/N: Seriously, this fic was only supposed to be a three-shot, but because of these plot bunnies hopping around, I don't know when to end this XD Ah, Shurikan0-san, the cage can't be borrowed right now, too many plot bunnies were born this afternoon.

Enjoy Angst! May it make you happy(?) XDD viola!

Pocketful of Sunshine

Today seemed somewhat different. Something was weird. Ah, she's not with her friends today. She isn't talking to them, and not hanging out with them. My daily routine was broken. Today, I'm not watching her smile from afar, as like I usually do. Today, I was able to eat lunch properly. Well, at least somebody forced me to.

"Sempai, aren't you hungry? You aren't touching your food." The person asked me. She's got my whole attention though, so I immediately answered back.

"Mm. Not really but yeah, I'm still gonna eat." I told her. She only nodded in acknowledgement. Now I began to wonder why she's here with me, instead of being with her friends.

She looked at me straight in the eye. I noticed, of course. I was actually doing the same a while ago too. She gazed upon me directly, as if she knew what I was thinking about. She giggled, I don't know why, but it made me arch an eyebrow.

"Because sempai looks so lonely without Niou-sempai." She simply answered the questions in my mind as she sipped on her drink. She's really good in observing things; she was able to tell that something was bothering me with just one glance.

"I'm used to it." I told her, mirroring the way she drank her juice. "This is not the first time Niou got detention anyway. Ah, I can't even count how many times he got into detention."

"He's not the good type; that's fairly obvious." She chuckled and I laughed with her.

"Obviously."

"Ah, I just remembered sempai, what was that song I heard on your Ipod a few days ago? It was kinda interesting." She asked and smiled at me. I felt my cheeks redden. Seriously, she needs to remove that habit of hers. I hate blushing. Or not. I kinda like it anyway. Her smile, that is.

Without hesitation, I took the gadget out of my bag, together with the earphones. She eagerly waited for it; it seems like she's really into music. I handed it to her and watched her do whatever with it. She opened it, put the earphones in her ears, and listened.

I observed her…well that was the least I could actually do. My lunch was barely touched, classes were at least six minutes away and a lot of the students were already preparing for it. Not me. She's way more amusing. She was humming the song, with her eyes closed and her hand gently tapping her lap to the beat of the music.

It was way better looking at her up close.

I sighed inwardly. Now I look like an obsessed bastard. What the hell is happening to me? I wasn't like this before. I never looked at girls this much. What's so special about her anyway? She's cute, but still there are lots of girls who're cuter. She's intelligent, but there are geniuses all over the place, like me. Why do I keep on feeling anxious whenever she's beside me?

…Like she is now…

I hadn't noticed, but she had already inched closer beside me. Too close. She put the other earphones in my ears and made me listen to the song. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying quite much attention to it. I was busy fussing myself on what to do. I stared blankly at the garden, then felt droplets of water pierce my skin. We were sitting on one of the garden's swings. This is where I usually watch her. I kinda got absorbed with her and hadn't noticed that everybody else left when they felt that it was going to rain. Ann must've felt it too, but maybe just…maybe…we had the same reasons.

"Ah, sorry. I hadn't noticed the rain." I apologized to her, grabbing my bag and quickly searching for my jersey. I didn't even bring any umbrellas.

"Me too." She smiled sheepishly at me, scratching her head and quickly standing up.

She offered me her hand and I took it and stood up. It was weird; isn't the guy supposed to be the one who offers a hand to a girl? We both stood still then paused to look at the rain. Good thing the swing had a roof or else I would blame myself if she gets sick.

I handed her the jersey so that she'd use it when we run towards the main school building, where both of our classes are. Turns out that she didn't bring her own umbrella too. The rain was unexpected anyway. And it was weird that only the two of us were left in the garden.

She gave me another one of her smiles and returned one of the earphones back to my ear again. It must've slipped when I stood up. What she did next was the one that really surprised me. She put the jersey over the two of us and she dragged me towards the rain, with only the yellow tennis jacket protecting us from the downpour. We ran, while a new music played. And this time I made sure that I listened.

Precious days when you're thinking, when you're smiling

I'm too absorbed to see them passing me by

When I met you I learned to dedicate my life to someone

We'll live our lives together and chase after the moving sky

That reminds me, they had umbrellas everywhere around the campus in case it rained. Whatever. I don't care about the rain, as long as my sunshine wouldn't fade away.

But still, I didn't forget the fact that there was a cloud that kept me from getting too close to that sunshine.

Song was from again, Shimizu Shota. But a different song entitled "Aishiteru". Another great song, I guess. XD Hope this chap's okay. Please review! Shota-kun, my dear inspiration!