I left the school, sad and angry, too. All I could think about is how I never got my answer. How pushy I had been about it, as well. Then, there were the twins, who brought up him. I know they didn't mean to, but it still made me mad that they couldn't remember what had gone down for me. They couldn't remember how sad I was, how depressed I was. That wasn't the point though. The main point was that I didn't get my answer, and that just made me aggravated. Stupid lunch monitors, pushing the two of us away. If I had a right mind, I would've punched him in the face!
That would be going a little too far though, obviously…
I trudged my feet as I walked down the stairs. They made scraping noises like sandpaper. It hurt my ears, but my expression obviously showed that I didn't care. No one looked at me, which made me kind of happy. Yet kind of sad. Everyone was too distracted by their boyfriend or girlfriend. They were too 'blinded by love' to pay attention to something that was not part of them. I just decided to ignore them, since they just ignored me.
Suddenly, I see Kaito. He was walking alone. To be honest, he seemed to be looking as sad as me. I decided that for once, I would try to go cheer him up, and maybe even get the answer to me question earlier. I sprinted to catch up with him.
"Kaito-San!" I called, ending up at his side.
He looked down at me, "Oh, hey." His face seemed to be happy. Maybe he was just too far away to tell before.
"Um," I tried to be less rude then before, "I really wanted to know the answer to the question I asked you… at lunch."
"Oh, that…" Kaito fiddled with his thumbs, "Why did you want to know?"
"Because I really wanted to know why you were the only one. I mean, I would've figured that if you were friends with Piko, you would've thought it was funny, too."
Kaito's face turned from happy to stern, "I was never friends with Piko."
"Then why did you-" I was stopped by Kaito grasping both of my hands.
"I hung out with him because I was good friends with your brother, and you brother said that Piko really needed some people to hang out with so that he could have a better influence. So, I did. After he did that to you, I told your brother that I couldn't take being anywhere near that bastard anymore. Mikio agreed, and we both never talked to him again."
I didn't mean to, but I looked stunned. I couldn't believe he'd given up on his 'friend' for me. I was really surprised. "Did you really mean that? All of that?"
"Yes," Kaito nodded, "Because I really like you. I've always liked you. I just never said anything, since you were younger then me; I figured you'd like someone else. Which was partly true, before at least…"
For the first time, I managed to smile when someone mentioned him.
He smiled back at me, "So, Ms. SF-A2, will you go to the dance with me?"
I gave him a thumbs up, trying to be somewhat cute, "Of course!"
His grin widened, "Oh, goodie. Now, how's about we go get a sundae and I'll walk you home?"
"As long as I get to eat the cherry."