Here's another chapter.

I don't know what I'm doing but I'm going to finish it no matter what.

I decided that I'm going to work through all my stories one by one so yeah hopefully that idea works, sorry to people who are waiting on my other stories, this is honestly probably one of the easier ones to finish, it's definitely easier than the requests.

I have to keep reminding myself that I can't start a new story yet because I have all these other one I have to finish omg.

Anyway, I don't own Angel Beats.

I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Thanks to all of those who have been reviewing, following or favouriting this story I don't deserve your love but I adore it all the same.

Chapter Six: Platinum Purple

The first thing Yuri noticed about the girl was how quiet she always was.

With her golden eyes and her silver hair she was different from the other girls in a way that was quite iconoclastic. She could have easily become quite popular, but her silent nature and the way in which her expression never seemed to change drove people away.

Whenever someone attempted to make friends with the girl otherwise known as Kanade Tachibana, Yuri would merely look on with a bored expression as the person's words became more and more uncomfortable and awkward at the girl's lack of response. It was like watching a train wreck.

But Yuri didn't think it was because the girl was unsociable, rather, she had a feeling that Kanade was simply bad at dealing with people.

So if someone simply stuck to it and helped her come out of her shell, the girl might be able to make friends a little easier.

"A-ah, Yuri? What are you doing? Hey, wait a second!" Noda watched helplessly as his friend stood up – a familiar decisive look in her eyes that just spelled trouble – and walked over to another girl in the class.

The person that Yuri had decided to talk to was Kanade, who – if Noda remembered correctly – had spent most of her school year in hospital for some reason.

He didn't think it was a good idea to bother the girl. Kanade had skipped a grade, meaning she was a year younger than the rest of them, but despite that, she gave off a rather unwelcome aura.

But Yuri was Yuri and Yuri didn't listen to anyone else.

So she strode over to the girl confidently and plopped herself down next to her, sticking out a hand for the girl to shake, "hi, my name is Yuri Nakamura, it's nice to meet you."

The girl stared at her silently, her golden eyes alternating between her smiling face and her outstretched hand. After a moment, Yuri spoke again, more gently this time, "when someone holds out their hand to you, you shake it, if it's the first time you've met, and they've just introduced themselves, it's usually good to do the same."

Kanade nodded when Yuri was finished speaking, stretching out a small hand to shake Yuri's softly. Her grip was weak and unsure, as was her voice when she spoke, "I'm Kanade Tachibana."

And just like that, they became friends.

"Hey Angel?"

Kanade flushed, looking over at Yuri, "I wished you wouldn't call me that," she mumbled, "I've asked many times."

"Yeah, but I think it's funny."

A few months ago – after they initially became friends – a boy in their class confessed to the golden-eyed girl. He had been a generally plain boy by the name of Ooyama and had told Kanade that she was like an angel to him, sweet and gentle.

Kanade had turned him down bluntly, her expressionless face never changing; but by now, Yuri knew her friend well, and she could see the embarrassment in her eyes, the very faint trace of pink in her cheeks.

It wasn't that Kanade didn't have emotions; she was just bad at expressing them.

"What was it you wanted to ask?"

"Why are you always going to the hospital?"

Yuri had never been one for subtlety.

Kanade fell silent, considering the question for a moment before answering, "I was born with a weak heart, I need to keep returning to the hospital check-ups and stuff, to make sure it doesn't get worse."

Yuri looked at her friend with wide eyes, "you aren't going to die are you?"

Kanade showed a rare smile at the other girl concern and shook her head, "no, I'm not going to die Yuri."

Noda wasn't overly fond of Yuri's new friend.

For one thing, because Yuri spent so much time with Tachibana, she was spending less time with him. Not to mention, Tachibana always seemed a little frightening to him. Of course, he wasn't scared of anything! But she was kind of weird.

The three of them sat together now during lunch times and he was usually ignored now by his friend, much to the boy's chagrin.

Yuri was in fact ignoring him currently, in favour of talking with Tachibana about something they were planning on doing on the weekend.

Noda couldn't help but feel rather disgruntled at the how they were making plans in front of him to go to Tachibana's house and watch a movie. He never got to spend time with Yuri anymore.

"Ah, by the way, Noda?"

The boy looked up, startled out of his inner complaining and turning to the golden-eyed girl, "what do you want?" He grumbled.

"Well, I was wondering if you would like to come over as well, we can watch the movie together."

Noda stared at her, "you want me to come over?" he asked disbelievingly. Tachibana nodded awkwardly, eyes flicking between him and Yuri.

He hesitated for a moment before nodding, "well, I suppose if you're both okay with me coming and stuff," he mumbled, suddenly feeling very shy and out of place.

Tachibana gave a small smile and nodded, saying that they both would very much like him to come.

Yuri commandeered the conversation then, planning out what movies they would be watching and in what order. Noda found he wasn't quite so annoyed now as the two girls spoke with each other.

Maybe Kanade Tachibana wasn't such a terrible person after all.

There you have it.

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