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Hello, darlings! I hope everyone's doing great! Here's the chapter everyone seemed to be so excited about, Kuon's POV! I hope you'll like it, and it will set the way I see Kuon's personality for this fic in place.
Thanks a million to bboo_berry for beta reading and editing! The readers thank you too, dear This chapter is dedicated to you!
Without further delay, please enjoy!
Warning: This one has a good amount of colorful words, not bad enough to turn it into an M rated chapter, but there is a good load of curse words, so read at your own risk x)
Previously...
"So, you weren't flirting with her earlier?" I bluntly asked, smirking and I thank god, he hadn't been drinking from his mug then because the snort that escaped him at those words was phenomenal an if he had, I would've been drenched.
"Wh- What do you mean, flirting?" I put my mug next to his and crossed my arms as he kept sputtering. "...I... I didn't even... Kyoko!"
I attempted a sad pout. "So, it's Kyoko now? Are you going to start calling her princess from now on?" Hitoshi seemed about to say something but he changed his mind and settled for whacking me with a pillow instead.
"So, you're teasing your big brother now, huh?" He said and moved to whack me again but I was quick to jump off the bed and run to the other side of the room.
"Come oooon! you gotta at least admit she's pretty!" I stuck my tongue out at him and he held up his pillow to throw it at me. I could hear it hit the door as I made my escape. I kept chuckling even as I entered my own room.
This will be fun. I definitely wouldn't mind having Moko-san as a sister in law!
Ch4: A rather big misunderstanding
Kuon's POV
Rick asked me to go to his place instead of going home after Hito-Nii and Mogami-san got out of the train. Even though I was still pissed at him for the number he pulled on me earlier, I agreed. After all, if I went home now, all I would be doing is sulking in my room and thinking about her repeatedly. No, that wouldn't do.
We entered his studio, which was as messy as ever. Being an exchange student and living on his own, Rick never cared much about the state of his house. My father wouldn't hesitate before calling it a filthy dump as it was and to be honest, I tended to agree.
Not that I care much, anyway.
I can see the appeal of having your own place and doing whatever you want without having anyone to nag you about it. Sometimes I wish I had the same privilege.
I maneuvered my way through his collection of dirty shirts, empty pizza boxes, and all the text books lying on the floor and took a seat on the couch, which had a couple of empty coke cans thrown on it.
Rick went to his cupboard and grabbed a menu, he ordered takeout before turning on the tv. "Should we watch something or play a game instead?" He asked me, pulling my attention away from the text I had been typing to inform my parents I'd be crashing at his place that night.
"Go for a game. I'm in the mood to kick your butt." If I can't do it for real, might as well do it in game, right?
Halfway through the game –that I was winning- Hito-Nii called Rick making us pause it while they talked and goofed on the phone.
I was quickly getting annoyed at what was going on, it felt like I was in some sort of bad sitcom. Not only did he interrupt our game, Rick was now teasing Hitoshi about Kotonami senpai of all people and he didn't seem to be saying anything to refute his accusations.
How do I know? Rick thought it was a good idea to put him on speaker. It wasn't.
Was this some sort of joke to them?
Here I am, trying to respect the bro-code and keep away from his girl and he goes messing around with someone else? I really don't know what to think anymore. Hito-nii has always been a great guy, he was kind, supportive, helpful, and he never judged me when he and Rick pulled me out of a fight. In fact, he usually acts as comic relief when Rick is too pissed to even look at me.
But right now, I feel very inclined to judge him!
First, I learn that he's dating my classmate. Whatever, he has the right to do whatever he wants but then, she tells me they're living together? Okay, so they're that close, it's not that uncommon. Again, none of my business.
He even seemed very happy to get a message from her earlier, she had texted him about an ice cream parlor she went to with her friend or whatever and then Rick chided him for not taking her out for ice cream before and he brushed it off, just like that.
Then, like magic, she appeared with senpai in front of us and Hito-nii started ruffling her hair and even threw an arm around her shoulder!
Wasn't PDA frowned upon in japan anyways? What did he think he was doing?
And to top it off, he starts flirting with Senpai in front of us all! Really? I mean who does that in front of his own girlfriend?
Not only that, but he totally ignored her after senpai left, spacing out as he stood in the corner by himself, looking all whipped and dreamy.
Not that I minded, at least then, she was talking to me. Low, I know, but dammit I did try to keep my distance, I spent the better half of that train ride trying to ignore her! So I'm blameless in this whole thing. I tried to behave myself, contrarily to him.
And after all that, he shamelessly comes and grabs her hand as if all was right with the world. What a jerk!
And I don't understand why Rick is encouraging him about his shameless behavior right now! I've had enough! When Rick finally hangs up, I get up from the couch, set on letting him know what I think. If I can't call that guy's crap off, I'll make sure Rick, at least, gets a piece of my mind!
"You know what? This is bullshit! And I can't believe you're okay with this! Mogami-san is a great girl and that idiot doesn't deserve her." I barked, restlessly pacing in the small space.
Wasn't he the one who always told me to treat girls right? Why is he tolerating Hito-nii's behavior? Or does he get a free pass because he's his friend? He never held back from scolding me when I messed up with my exes and I was never even this bad.
He stared at me, flabbergasted for a moment before asking me what I'm talking about. Oh, this is just perfect!
"What am I talking about? I'm talking about Hito-nii acting like a complete ass in front of his girlfriend, flirting with Kotonami senpai right in front of her and you all but offering to be his wing man! What the hell Rick? What did Mogami-san do wrong for him to treat her that way? I mean, only a few hours ago he still seemed like he was head over heels for her and the moment another girl shows up, he forgets about her?"
Rick's eyes widen and he steps forward holding his hands up in an appeasing way.
"Wait, you think Hitoshi is-" He starts but I don't let him say anything more, I'm not sure what I'd do if I hear him trying to justify what that prick's doing.
"Don't! Don't you dare defend him Rick! I might always get dumped, but at least I manage to stay faithful to the girl I'm dating."
I grab my jacket, kick a can out of my way and storm out of his place. I'm not in the mood for anything anymore and god help whomever gets in my way right now.
I ignore all of Rick's calls and texts that night, I was still too pissed to talk to him, anyway. It took me a little while to calm down before going home. Once there, I assured my parents the only reason I changed my mind about crashing at Rick's was because I remembered I had some homework due tomorrow that I needed to work on. Hah! As if that's stopped me before! But they seemed to buy it anyway so who am I to complain.
It took me a little while to fall asleep and even when I did, it was a restless, fitful night for me. It was a lot to deal with in such a brief time and it all started with her.
When I first saw her, I couldn't stop thinking about her and who could've blamed me? She's pretty to look at and she has the most fetching pair of eyes and I felt instantly enchanted. I have to admit, I was instantly attracted to her. I'm sure everyone's been there at least once, that girl you saw in a café or that guy who walked by you in the street and the first thing you thought was "What a hot person!"
But, when I saw her in class, I felt weird, excited, and a bit panicked and then when I spoke to her at the end of the day, I felt giddy talking to the golden eyed new girl who no one else seemed to speak to. Was I the only one who thought she's pretty?
Then, when she started talking about Hitoshi and how close she made them sound to be, I felt my mood deflate. That's when I knew I had gone and gotten myself a crush on the new girl, but I wasn't too worried, what is it people say about crushes? …oh, right! They go away the moment the person you like change their haircut. I mean, if a feeling is that fickle, there's no need to make a big deal out of it, right? Well…
Finding out I had a crush on Mogami-san and knowing that she was my friend's girl was not a happy moment but I did my best to cope with it, after all I wasn't the dramatic one, ahem, that would be Rick.
And yeah, that physical attraction, turned to something slightly deeper after I spend more time talking to her and ogling-OBSERVING her. I started noticing things about her, things that made her interesting and endearing like how she fidgets with her foot when she's solving a problem on the board or how she pinches the bridge of her nose when someone's being noisy at the club or even how she narrows her eyes at me when I say something that bothers her, but I still wasn't too worried about my feelings becoming something too much for me to handle. It was a I-like-her-but-she's-taken-so-whatever kind of thing, you feel me?
So that's that, even though it wasn't a tragedy, it was kind of a bit sad that I was pathetically crushing on Hito-nii's girl.
But dammit, what happened today messed me up! Even if he wasn't as close to me as Rick, Hitoshi was probably the only other friend I had in this hell hole and seeing him act that way made me so damn mad I wanted to punch something! Him and Rick always preached about treating girls right,
"Don't curse around girls.",
"Don't fight around girls, if you can help it.",
"Always be a gentleman",
"Don't raise your voice if you two fight",
"Don't be petty when they break up with you" They'd say.
Every time I had asked them for advice, they taught me to do right by girls and be good to them and now I practically had to watch him throw all those values away and act like a f***ing pig around his own girl. He seemed like a hypocrite and losing faith in him hurt much more than the thought that he's my crush's boyfriend.
So yeah, I had a bad night.
When my alarm clock rang after what felt like half an hour of sleep, I slammed it dead and swung my legs over the bed. I showered, got dressed, and joined my parents down for breakfast.
"Hey, kiddo! Take a seat your mother will be down in a moment." My father said, joyfully flipping something over the stove.
"Morning, dad." I grunted. I'm not a morning person, okay?
Mom had an 'English only' rule at home. She said we have the chance to speak Japanese outside, so, we might as well speak English at home; hence me calling him dad and the lack of honorifics. Mom joined us a few moments later and the two of them chatted a bit as we had our meal. I just ate in silence, pondering last night's events that I couldn't seem to shake off no matter how hard I tried to. If you'd asked me what I'd had for breakfast, I wouldn't know what to answer, I was that lost in my thoughts.
After we finished eating, I asked dad to drop me off at school, I wasn't in the mood to take the bus, or ride my bike there, so he gave me a ride and that would be why I got there early.
I entered the classroom to find Mogami-san sitting there along with two other girls quietly talking in the corner. She had her head resting on the arm she had on the desk, while her other arm was hanging limply by her side. Seeing her like that reminded me of the day I first saw her in class.
At first, I had planned to just say "hi" and keep my distance as best I could, like I always did in the past few days, I only kept our interactions to a bare minimum since she was Hitoshi's girl -even if others would argue that that "bare minimum" was more often than was necessary- but screw it, he doesn't deserve that kind of courtesy.
I'm not going to try and snatch her up but I'm not going to stay away from her either. Ain't nothing wrong with making friends, am I right? I took my seat and turned to greet her.
"Good-" She started to greet me back but was interrupted by a yawn. "Sorry! Good morning Hizuri-san." She wanly smiled at me before leaning on her hand, and may I say how damn adorable she looked as she did that? How is it that no one else was hitting on her? Not that I am! ...Anyway, she seemed exhausted and her yawn wasn't the only indicator of her poor state. I noticed dark circles under her eyes and she seemed a bit pale.
"You don't look too well." I say and I'm one second too late before realizing how offensive that sounds. Way to put your foot in it, you dumbass! "I mean, you look tired." I blurt out, trying to correct my mistake.
She chuckles and waves me off. "I know. I didn't get much sleep last night."
That makes me see red for a second, was that jerk keeping her up all night? She's still just a high school student! I clench my fist to keep myself from clenching my jaw instead. I swallow back a curse and casually ask her if everything's alright. With some luck, she'd take it as a question about her health.
"Yes. I was just burning the midnight oil reviewing the latest math lessons." She yawns again and then frowns, looking at the offensive blank whiteboard. "I hate math, it's so hard for me to figure out." She mumbles crankily, making me chuckle.
I don't know what possessed me into saying my next words and I probably never will, but I was so relieved knowing that she had been up studying and not doing… something else, that I said it without realizing. "Math's my favorite subject, if you want I can help you out." She perks up and it gives me enough courage to say more. "We could head to the library later and we can study there." Does it sound like I'm trying to pick her up? Cuz it feels like I'm throwing pickup lines her way, what with the nervous waiting for her answer and all.
"Really? You're sure it won't bother you? I'm sure you have better things to do." Her shoulders sag as she says it, but she smiles nonetheless.
Better things to do? I really don't honey, not with Rick on my bad books. "Nope, I'm all yours." Alright, that came out wrong. Talk about a Freudian slip! "And it won't bother me at all!" But then again everything I say around this girl comes out wrong one way or another, so I might as well go with the flow.
"Thank you so much!" She says, smiling brilliantly and I think I managed to forget my own name there for a moment. Am I that simple? Or do all guys' IQs drop when they interact with their crushes? "To tell you the truth, I can't catch up no matter how hard I try. Everything else is easy enough but Math has always been a stick in the mud for me." She admits, looking sheepish before she straightens up in her seat. "…But I can't just ask you to help without doing anything else in return, there has to be a subject I can help you out with!"
I wanted to point out that she didn't ask for help, that I had offered and that she didn't need to do anything in return but she looked so determined and I remembered my last history test... Yikes!
Okay, maybe I do need a hand… and hey, we'd have more occasions to hang-err, study together if she helps me out too, right?
"I could use some help with History," I said, averting my eyes and suddenly feeling like a disgrace to the Japanese population. "I always get the kanjis wrong for historical events..."
Why am I telling her this? Why on earth would I sink myself deeper? She must already think I'm a useless foreigner with -wasted- Japanese blood in him, I know most kids in this god forsaken school do.
But instead of a laugh or a venomous comment she just smiles and says she can give me a few tips. I had to bite the inside of my cheeks to keep myself from smiling like an idiot. That can't be good.
We decided to skip club activities, headed to the library and kept studying for two hours straight. Kyoko -she gave me permission to call her that since I was now her 'sensei' as she said and I gave her the same liberties- is very quick, she understood stuff quickly as I explained them and she's an even better teacher, the tips she gave me might sound ridiculous or childish but they work. One tip was to link the number of strokes in the kanji with a digit from the year in which the event happened, and since math was my thing, that tip went a long way.
"See, it's not that hard, right?" She says, stretching in her seat.
"Yeah, I just never really liked memorizing stuff." My answer makes her smile.
"You don't say." She teases.
I love how she went from being awkwardly shy and slightly distant to friendly and sarcastic once we found common ground. It felt like we had always been close and I felt comfortable around her.
"Don't make me give you more integrals to calculate next time." I mock-threatened.
"You don't scare me, now that I got the hang of them I'm not worried about them anymore so do your worst." She said, sticking her tongue out at me. Why, that little brat!
"We'll see how fearless you'll be when we get to differential equations."
After a while, when we noticed we had been doodling and making random conversation instead of making any more progress with studying, we decided it was time to go home.
Kyoko called him and told him he didn't need to pick her up since she was going home earlier than usual and I decided to not let that bother me.
So what if she's dating someone who doesn't deserve her, that's not for me to meddle in, I'll just be her friend. Yeah, I can do that, I can just be the supportive friend. It doesn't matter that I had a crush at first sight on her! Nope! I'll get over it! Rick always seems to get over girls as fast as lightening, why wouldn't I be the same?
I offered to walk her back home and though it took some convincing but she eventually accepted. We walked in peaceful silence making small talk now and then. It was almost weird how just walking side by side could be so pleasant and peaceful.
Ok, maybe I can't be like Rick.
"Do you always walk home?" She asks offhandedly brushing a stray hair off her face.
"Yup, it helps to stretch my legs after spending the better part of the day sitting down."
"I guess you're one of those active people…" She seems to have forgotten that I was literally fighting a bunch of dudes when we first met. I can't exactly afford to be inactive.
"I'm more of a Netflix and chill kind of girl."
"You don't like sports?"
"Not really. I just don't feel like working out most of the time." I hum in understanding.
I used to be like that before I met Rick, though for me it was more because of my depression when we moved from the U.S. I hope it's nothing as bad in her case. I wanna ask but it feels like I'd be intruding if I do, it's an intimate subject after all and we're barely on first name basis.
Now that I think about it, she doesn't speak to a lot of people in our class, nor in the drama club, aside from me and Kotonami senpai, that is. And she always seems to be a bit blue, always spacing out and staying in her own corner. It doesn't really make much sense, she's a sweet girl and unlike me, others don't hold prejudices against her, I'm surprised she didn't make hordes of friends by now.
Is it because she prefers to be lonely? That's highly unlikely seeing how comfortable she was when we met her yesterday.
Is she just socially awkward? Maybe.
In hindsight, I was the first to initiate contact with her and so was Kotonami senpai, so maybe that's just it.
"Hey, why don't we grab some ice cream?" I say once I notice we're almost in that guy's neighborhood.
"Huh?" She looks up.
"What? Are you one of those people who don't eat ice cream in winter?" I smirked, knowing that she wasn't since she had it only yesterday with senpai.
"No, it's just that you said it out of the blue… besides, we can't exactly go to town at this hour and the grocery store nearby only has popsicles, so…"
"Cool! I like the cherry flavored ones!" I say, enthusiastically. "Lead the way."
"Uh, O-okay."
We bought our popsicles and ate them as we slowly walked towards her place, when I spotted a playground nearby I insisted on taking a turn on the swings and dragged her there.
"I'm starting to think there was something in those popsicles, you're acting really weird." She laughed.
"What's so weird about swings!"
"I don't know, maybe the fact that we're grown teens and this is a kids' playground?" She quirks her brow at me teasingly.
I turn to look at the primary colored swing chairs and slides on the opposite side. "You're never too old for swings, c'mon."
She rolls her eyes but sits on the swing chair with a shake of her head. Instead of sitting on the other chair, I go behind her and grab the chains and start pushing her. "Hold on tight!"
"What? No! I'm still in my uniform!" She protests.
"So?" I push a bit harder.
"Short skirt, Kuon! Think!"
"So what? I'm the only one here and I can't see anything from this angle, don't worry." Kyoko groans but after a few pushes she lets go of her worries and hoots every time she's high up.
I look at my watch and see that it's roughly the time I would be arriving home usually and probably Kyoko as well so I grab the chains and slow the swing's momentum.
"That wasn't so bad, now was it?"
"No, it wasn't." She giggles, still high from the adrenaline rush.
"I'm glad. Let's go."
"Wait, you're not taking a turn?" She looks back at the swings excitedly.
"No, I think I'm too heavy for you to be able to push me, skinny as you are." She scoffs at my tease and starts walking toward the exit of the playground.
"Whatever, your loss Schwarzenegger."
We both walk in companionable silence until we reach her house –his house- and we say goodbye. I wait until she's inside and just as I turn to head to my own house, I find myself facing the last person on earth I wanna see right now.
"Kuon! Fancy meeting you here." He says in that ever jovial tone of his.
I smile tightly back at him and decide to have some fun. "Yeah, I was just walking Kyoko home."
His eyes widen at my words and he seems surprised but not angry. Some confidence he has! "Oh, didn't know you guys are on first name basis now." He says with an, almost, carefree smile. Almost. I can see the nervous twitch in the corner of his lip.
Idiot! I bet he'd never thought there'd be someone who can see Kyoko for what she's worth. I'm still not going to snatch her up but it wouldn't hurt for him to think he's got some competition. Maybe then, he'd stop taking her for granted.
"Yeah, I guess we're getting closer." I smirk and walk past him without saying goodbye. There. That should give him some food for thought.
Once at home I just went about my day as I usually did. I changed out of my uniform, did my chores, did the science homework that was due for tomorrow and played some CS GO. I had a few more missed calls and texts from Rick but I ignored them, swiping the notifications away and by the time my mother called for dinner, there was nothing left for me to do to try and get my mind off of things. Seeing him near her house made things seem so real, I'm not gonna pretend it didn't bother me. But enough of that, aside from that small part, today was a good day. And with that thought, I made my way downstairs.
Ugh. I should've just stayed in my room! Mom made lasagna. One of my least favorite dishes for the only reason that it's one of the dishes she manages to mess up the most.
She over cooks the pasta, cooks the meat until it's dry and somehow manages to make the tomato sauce taste as sour as a freshly squeezed lemon. And the bechamelle sauce is lumpy. I'm sure it's not supposed to lumpy! It looked like a freaking murder scene took place on my plate!
But as always, dad and I shoved one mouthful after the other into our mouths, schooling our faces into neutral expressions.
Even if she was the worst cook we knew, it wouldn't do to hurt her feelings after she tried so hard. The last time I made a face at something she cooked dad kicked me so hard under the table, I limped for two days straight.
The meal progressed in relative silence which was soon broken by the loud, brief ring of my phone notifying me that I had just gotten a new text. I quickly pulled out my phone from my pocket, not bothering to wipe my hands. I know. Gross. Don't act like you've never done that before!
Anyway, it was Kyoko! We had exchanged numbers earlier and I felt myself smile at the thought of getting my first text from her.
God, I was becoming as sappy as dad is when he's around mom!
'Good Job today! Thanks a lot for your help! ↖(^ω^)↗' She texted.
I had to cough to cover my chuckle at the emoji she sent, I didn't know studying could make someone that excited! Just hours ago, she groaned at the thought of doing calculus.
I quickly typed a reply and put the phone back in my pocket.
"Kuon. What did we say about phones at the table?"
Err, not quickly enough apparently.
"Sorry, mom!" I smiled sheepishly at her and I saw her glance at my dad who smiled at her too, as if pleading for my case. That's an MVP if I ever saw one!
"Maybe we can forgive him if he tells us who sent him that text and what it says?" He said, with a sly smile. Scratch that, he's a complete traitor! And there's no way in hell I'm telling them anything about my text.
I feigned a sudden interest in my plate and ignored their expectant looks. When they realized I wasn't going to say anything, I got teased by them both.
"Is it a girl?", "A new girlfriend perhaps?" and "Are you bringing her home?" was what they managed to say before I excused myself after murmuring the unconvincing lie of "It's just a funny text from Rick". I swear to god, those two can be worse than teens sometimes!
In my room, I log into Facebook and chat with some of my friends from the U.S. Kyoko's online too and we talk a bit about random stuff and exchanged memes and BuzzFeed tests. It was fun! I even discovered I was gonna sacrifice my first born to Crime Master Gogo… crazy, right? Seriously, though, these quizzes are hilarious!
Before I fell asleep, I thought back about how I spent the day. Needless to say, I slept much better than last night.
When I woke up I subconsciously ran everything that happened since I met Kyoko through my head. I realized I was acting bitter and childish and decided to meet up with Rick later to fix things up. True, I didn't like that he was encouraging that guy to play with Kyoko, but I owe him too much to keep at it and it's not like he was the one hurting her, anyway.
With a heavy sigh, I get up from my bed, put my work out cloths on and grab my phone. I kiss my mom on my way out and put my earphones on. Some exercise would do me good.
I ran for a few miles -three and a half if the app on my phone is to be trusted- and when I decided to turn around and run back to my house my phone dinged.
The round icon with Kyoko's picture told me she had sent me something on messenger and I felt anticipation creeping up on me. That excited, silly feeling I felt when I saw her text yesterday. The same feeling you never get when you get a text from Just_A_Friend™.
'U there?' I read.
I sigh and run my hand over my sweat drenched hair. I was so damn confused! Would it be wise talking to her? Only yesterday I had told myself that I could be her friend but now I'm not so sure anymore. Am I leading myself on by telling myself I'll be ok just having her around?
Ugh, damn it all to hell!
'Yup! Sup?'
I'm an idiot, I know. A weak idiot. But it wouldn't be fair to her if I start ignoring her now. Not after yesterday.
'Hey, can you keep a secret?'
I smiled, I could see her whispering that with a conspiratory look on her face.
'I guess? What is it? _ '
'I think Moko-san and Hitoshi like each other. As in, more than friends. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)'
I felt a stinging pain go through me as I read that. Of course, Kyoko would notice. She's not blind and she sure as hell is not stupid. I was still thinking of what to say when she sent something else.
'Well, Senpai is harder to read but I'm pretty sure Hitoshi likes her at least'
Through my whole life and for all the bullying I had gone through, I never felt like punching someone as hard as I want to punch that guy right now. Kyoko doesn't deserve this.
'Are you okay?' I finally bring myself to type.
'Yeah but I might need your help to set them up on a date or something, ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ is it too much to ask?'
As I read that, my ire rises even higher. He doesn't know what he's throwing away. I don't get how she would want to do that after he broke her heart.
'Kyoko I really think you shouldn't.'
'Why not?ಠ╭╮ಠ I'll make sure if Moko-san has a crush on him too before I do anything. It's alright if you can't help I can ask Rick-san'
'Kyoko you don't owe him anything. I really think it would hurt you to get involved like that. If you're sure he likes her, you should just break up with him, it would save you from further heartbreak. Hitoshi doesn't deserve you if he goes around flirting with other girls anyway.' I say, feeling like a hypocrite. How low is it to tell her to break up with her boyfriend when I have a crush on her? 'I can help if you need a place to stay, if that's what you're worried about.' I add.
I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind having her crashing at our place for a few nights. Mom would probably like having another girl at home too.
I stare at the 'seen' sign next to my message and I cringe at how long it's taking her to answer.
Could she be crying?
Was I being too blunt?
Damn it! These things shouldn't be talked over text messages! Now you've done it Kuon! I kick the floor and just as I'm about to send another text my screen flickers to life.
'Mogami Kyoko is calling'
A/N: Finally done with that chapter! XD you guys have no idea how tricky it was to get it right and tbh I'm still not completely happy with it, my beta and I started asking dudes we know how they would feel when they get crushes because I wasn't sure a teenage boy would be having the same thoughts as a teenage girl xD But enough about me, looks like Kuon went and made up a whole new world in his imagination XD let's hope next chapter things will be set straight.
Note to 'I Believe In Ghosts. Do You?' readers: I'm sorry about not updating in a while, I'm taking a little break to figure things out for that story!
Michiyo: Lmao great! Fangirling is good! I fangirled too when I wrote it XD I'm glad you enjoyed that chapter so much, here's Kuon's POV! Did you like it? Thanks a lot for your support!
Kris: Lol XD They never stop bickering lol I'm glad you enjoyed it! XD Exactly Kuon always jumps to conclusions and yes, even if he's kind of in denial right now, he does love her XD Thank you for the review!
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