04/I need to want you.
Oops. Masamune sat up a little straighter. He caught himself dozing off in class, thinking about Shizuku. Again.
He did a fleeting surveillance of the class to make sure no one noticed his period of non-attention. The teacher droned on, tapping the white board a few times to emphasize the point. He proceeded to write out a bit more of an elaboration. Masamune's classmates seemed entranced by whatever material they were teaching right now. They dilligently took down. Masamune judged that it was safe territory, and allowed his consciousness to leave once again.
"Saga-kun."
Masamune cracked open one eye. The blurry image of one of his classmates entered his vision. She was shooting him a very pointed look. One arm was secured around a few bound books and the other was perched on her hip. "Wake up, Saga-kun," she called out.
Deciding it would be easier to get it over with, Masamune reluctantly pulled himself up from the comfortable grass bed. A yawn stretched his mouth open blatantly wide. His hand reached lazily to cover it up. His classmate (what was her name again?) dropped the books gently in to his lap.
In a monotonous voice, the girl said, "We're on duty today. The teacher gave us some administrative stuff to sort out. I've done my part so you just need to do these. Please pass them back to the teacher when you're done."
All instructions delivered and everything accounted for, the girl pivoted on her foot and walked off. Masamune gaped a little, his sleepy brain still processing her words. Man, what a pain. He totally forgot he was on duty. Talking about that, who was that girl again? So rare to see an elementary school kid spout words like 'administrative'.
"Hm..."
The bell rung with a high-pitched thrill. Groaning softly, Masamune awoke from his memory-dream. He just can't stop thinking about Shizuku, can he? Well, it wasn't a bad thing per se. Shizuku kept his mind off the things that his mind tended to wander to when he had nothing to think about. Shizuku was a good topic too. Adorable, smart, apathetic. Innocent. At times, Masamune almost needed to think about Shizuku, if just enough to keep himself in the light.