Partners
(Tsubasa x Misaki)
Disclaimer: I don't, and never will I, own Gakuen Alice.
"Oh my gosh, a fire broke out at the east boys' dorm!" Misaki's ears perked up immediately and looked at her classmates a few seats away from her, looking at their phones. She looked outside the windows and indeed, smoke was coming from the direction of the said dorm.
"Attention. A fire broke out at the east boys' dorm. We suggest every resident of the said dorm to go back and try to recover their things after the fire is put out. Professors, please excuse those students from your class," the announcement came and everyone was looking at the speakers. "We are arranging for temporary relocation to the north boys' dorm but residents who can find another place to stay for the meantime, please do so. Thank you."
"That's why Tsubasa-kun's late," Nobara said as most of the guys stood up and hurriedly went outside the room.
"Nah, he's really running late. That just became the reason for him not to attend class anymore," she said and waved her hand.
"We have quite a number of students in this class residing there," Narumi stopped writing on the board and faced them, more than half of the guys nowhere to be seen. "Looks like we won't be able to do the workshop today. I'm pretty sure most of you here are those guys' friends, go help them if you must, we'll do the workshop next meeting, I'll just send the instructions to your webmails."
She gathered her things and just as they went out of the room, her phone rang.
"Misaki-"
"Don't worry, Sensei cancelled the workshop today. We're heading over there, are you and Kaname-kun okay?" she cut him off.
"Yeah, we're fine, but our wing is currently inaccessible, we were able to gather some of our stuff though," he sounded like he was panting, probably from rushing to get out of the burning dorm. "I'll wait for you here."
"They're fine, but looks like they'll need some help, let's hurry," she told the others and they hurriedly went out of the building.
People and baggage were scattered outside the half-burnt dorm. Two fire trucks were also outside and firemen were coming in and out of the dorm. They saw Tsubasa and Kaname somewhere in the crowd and approached them.
"What the hell, Tsubasa, why are you naked?" Tsubasa was only wearing a towel wrapped around his waist and who knows what's underneath, if any.
"I was taking a bath when the fire broke out! They just told me to gather what I can and rush out of the building, what can I gather from the bathroom though?!" he said.
"Tsubasa, Kaname, we were able to get some of your stuff out," two guys who were carrying a few bags approached them.
"Thanks, dude," Tsubasa immediately reached for a shirt and shorts and changed right in front of them. He was wearing his boxers, apparently. "They're our roommates, by the way. Guys, these are our classmates."
"Hi," the guys waved at them then faced Tsubasa and Kaname again. "Our room's fine, but it was pretty hard to get out. Those firemen broke our windows to allow us to get out faster."
"Yeah, we couldn't get your plates though, we just stuffed them underneath the beds, the fire doesn't seem like it'll spread anyway. We got your laptops in there though. They said they'll allow us to gather our stuff later when it dies down."
Kaname pulled out his laptop to check for damages and then put it back in.
"So what happened really?" she asked.
"A chemistry dude's experiment went wrong and the fire broke out," Tsubasa said. "Now, next problem, what do we do now?"
"Yeah, they said we can relocate temporarily in the north dorm but that can accommodate only a few people," Kaname said. "I can stay at my cousin's place and just commute to here though. I'd invite you, Tsubasa, but then it's not mine and my cousin's place is a bit small."
"What about you, Hayate-kun?" they all looked at Hayate who doesn't seem fazed at all by all that's happened.
"I've got an option but I'm not sure if I'd go there, I'll think of it later," he said and yawned.
"I don't really want to stay at the north dorm and squeeze with the people there and I don't really know anyone from there who'll allow me to stay at his room," Tsubasa said and looked up to think. "Ah, this is going to be a problem. My whole family lives in the countryside so I have no one to stay with here in the city."
They all stopped to think.
"Uhm, I live in my own apartment so I guess you can stay with me?" she was the first one to speak again. They all looked at her incredulously and she just shrugged her shoulders. "What? It's the most realistic thing I can think of right now. Most of your close friends are also from this dorm so I guess I'm the only one you can go to."
"Misaki-chan, he's a guy, if you have forgotten?" Nobara snapped her finger in front of her face.
"Yeah, I know, what about it?" she rolled her eyes. She then tapped Tsubasa's forehead with her finger. "I know this guy too much now for anything weird to happen. Unless you're having different thoughts, Tsubasa."
"I'm straight, Misaki, I assure you," WHACK! "Anyway, she's right, looks like I'll be staying at Misaki's place for a while."
"Attention to all residents, in an hour, we'll be allowing you to go back to your rooms and gather what you can. Please have your lunch in the cafeterias for now while the firemen make sure of the accessible ways inside the dorm. In light of this accident, all classes are suspended for the day. Thank you," the head of the dorm announced through a megaphone.
"Let's go eat at the cafeteria in the Architecture building, I'm starving," Tsubasa grabbed his bags and they all trooped to the nearby building. "Hey, Misaki, can you wait for me to gather my stuff and then we go to your apartment?"
"Yeah, sure," she said as they placed down their trays. "I'll help you get your stuff. Oh, and get your plates too, sensei said we'd still push through with workshop next meeting."
"Well, here we are," she said as she opened the door. She placed Tsubasa's stuff on the floor and hers too. "Gosh, it feels like you're moving in."
It was a neatly kept studio-type apartment. Everything was there, a small sofa and a couch, a bed, a desk on the side, a small kitchen, a breakfast table, and a door leading to the bathroom.
"Nice place," Tsubasa said as he sat down on the couch.
"Thanks," she smiled. "Now, first things first, let's make some space for you. Move the couch beside the desk and you can place your stuff there. We'll place your futon next to the bed, are you okay with that? Well, that's the only space we have."
"Yeah, I'd be okay with sleeping on the bed too," WHACK! "I can share-" WHACK!
"Let's not forget that we're friends, shall we, Tsubasa?" she turned around and tied her hair as she looked at her fridge. "Go take a bath if you want, I'll cook our dinner."
She took out the chicken and raised her head only to see Tsubasa taking his shirt off. "Tsubasa! Go take off your clothes inside the bathroom, no wonder you were naked earlier."
"Sorry, got used to running around the dorm like this," he took his towel and walked towards the bathroom.
"Wait, I forgot about the laundry," Misaki ran to the bathroom before Tsubasa can even reach it. Her laundry bin has two baskets, one for whites and the other for colored clothes. She placed the colored clothes on the first basket. "You can use the other basket for now. And don't even dare place your clothes in my basket, got it?"
She went back outside and started cooking. A little while later, she heard the shower stop running.
"Misaki! I forgot to take my clothes! Can you get them for me?" Tsubasa shouted from inside the bathroom.
"Even your undergarments?! No way I'm touching those!" her eyes almost popped.
"They're just clothes, Misaki, c'mon! Or would you rather I get out of here half naked?" the door clicked open and a hand reached out.
"Just go out and wrap yourself with a towel, I'm cooking, I can't get away from this," she said as she flipped the pan. "I'm not going to look so just get out of there."
Tsubasa did get out with only a towel wrapped around his waist. She couldn't take away her eyes from the pan she was holding until droplets of water caught the corner of her eye.
"Tsubasa! Why'd you go out without drying yourself? Water's all over the floor!" she raised her head to see him putting on his shirt. She immediately turned her head back to the pan. "Go change inside the bathroom!"
Tsubasa scratched his head and went inside the bathroom again. He went out just as she finished cooking.
"Dinner's ready," she announced as she placed the casserole on the table.
"Smells good, Misaki," he said, while drying his hair with a towel.
Dinner was pretty much peaceful, aside from a few comments from Tsubasa that earned him the same number of whacks from her.
"So, how was the first night?" Kaname loudly asked, before they even got to their seats.
"Is that why you're early today?" he said as he fist-bumped with Kaname.
"I'm always earlier than you anyway, but it is a surprise you're early today," Kaname laughed.
"She rolled me out of the futon when I asked for 5 minutes! 5 minutes, can you believe that?" he said with eyes wide open.
"We would have been late if I didn't!" Misaki shot back.
"By the way, guys, did you do the task for Projects? It's due today," Nobara asked.
"Shoot! I forgot! Tsubasa, I told you to remind me about that!" Misaki glared at him.
"I also forgot! I haven't done it either," he said as he rummaged through his bag. "Misaki, are my drawing pens still with you?"
"No, I placed it on the desk, I told you last night," Misaki answered. She started working on the submission she forgot to do.
"I didn't hear you, you should have put it in my bag or my pen case," he started digging through her bag for her pen case.
"They're fighting again." "And it's still early morning." Everyone sweatdropped.
Misaki and he kept on working on the task while waiting for the class to start.
"But they work so well, together, don't they?" They weren't even looking at each other but they knew just where to grab when they needed a pen, pencil, eraser, or ruler that was with the other.
"Misaki, the lines on top aren't aligned," he said with the eraser on his hand, without even looking at Misaki.
"Thanks," Misaki took the eraser and redid the misaligned lines. "Ah, Tsubasa, remind me that we have to stop by the mart later. I'll have to shop for our food."
"Okay, but you go ahead, we're having a soccer game later. Get me a pack of shaving cream, by the way, I left mine at the dorm's bathroom," he said.
"Are you getting back by dinner?" she asked, eyes still focused on her work. He nodded. "Okay, what do you want for dinner?"
"You guys are so like a married couple," Nonoko said as she giggled.
Kazu arrived and everyone went to their seats. He saw him first while Misaki was still fixated on her drawing.
"Kazu's here," he whispered to her. Misaki raised her head and started fixing her things when she saw Kazu. He had already taken out her notebook and placed it on her desk as soon as she lifted her drawing paper to keep in her bag.
The usual happened in Kazu's class. Hayate was face flat on the table, Kaname and Megane were playing pranks on him, while he insisted on doodling on Misaki's notebook as she wrote down notes.
"Stop that," she hissed.
"Don't you ever get bored of him?" he wrote on the page.
"I do, that's why I'm diligently taking down notes, now stop writing on my notes," she wrote underneath. "What do you want for dinner by the way?"
"Very old-fashioned, you guys," Kaname whispered. "Who passes on notes at this age? I want mushroom soup, by the way. It's a pity I can't join you guys."
"You're not really invited, though," he joked. Misaki glared at the two of them and motioned them to be quiet. "Let's have mushroom soup later, though."
"Mushroom soup it is, now be quiet, he's starting to notice of us," Misaki said and went back to her notes.
"Ah, by the way, I might not make it to the game later," Kaname said in a low voice. "My aunt's coming over to visit me and my cousin, they're asking me to come home early."
"That sucks, it's our first game in a while," he said. "I heard we might get to play with guys from another university."
"Just to remind you guys, I am right here in the middle," Misaki said, a vein popping on her head. "And keep it down, I said."
"Eh? I thought we're playing against the guys from the west dorms?" Kaname replied anyway.
They continued the conversation, with Misaki butting in to tell them to keep quiet, restraining herself from whacking both of them. When they got out of the room though, she did whack the two of them.
"Oi, Tsubasa, Kaname where are you going?" Hayate stopped them that afternoon after their last class. "We're playing, remember?"
"Kaname's not joining us, I'll be there, I'll just see Misaki off," he said then took Misaki's gym bag and started walking, Misaki and Kaname following suit. "Still a pity you can't join us, dude."
"Yeah, but it's also a pity you can't join Misaki-san in shopping, you could have helped her carry those stuff home," Kaname said.
"This woman's stronger than a cow, she can handle that." WHACK! "See that?" WHACK! "I'm carrying your bag to the gates at least, aren't I?"
They reached the gates and he gave her the gym bag. "Anyway, text me when you get home, I'll be there before dinner."
"As Narumi-sensei said, just get married, you two," Kaname said. This time he whacked him.
"Just go," he said to him. He watched the two walk before heading back to the fields. The soccer team of the university was not using the fields so they were able to use it that afternoon. They, residents of the east dorms, played against the west dorm residents. As the other guys said, guys from another university near them came to play a friendly game against them.
"Well played, Andou," his teammates hi-fived him. They won the game against the outsiders.
"They're asking for another game, do we use the same line up?" another teammate, from the west dorms, approached them.
"I'm not playing, I have to go home, I told Misaki I'm getting back before dinner," he said. It was already past 6.
"And you say she's not your girlfriend. Can't really believe a guy staying over at a girl's place is not her boyfriend," the other guys laughed.
"Just win the game, got it?" he said while changing his shirt. He then waved goodbye to everyone and headed outside. Misaki's place was at a walking distance from the campus and he was able to get there in a short time, but that was probably because he was already hungry and wanted to hurry home.
"You're just in time, I just finished cooking a few minutes ago," Misaki was reading when he got inside the apartment. She got up from the table to take the dish from the stove.
He placed his gym bag at a side and helped her by taking out the plates and utensils.
"Tastes good. So much better than the food at the dorm. Can I just stay here permanently?" he joked.
"And endure your unorganized lifestyle? No thanks even if you pay rent," she replied then pointed at the sofa. "Can you see all those stuff there? They're all yours! I always thought you were a neat guy since you were really organized in your work, but I guess that's why they say you never truly get to know a person unless you live under the same roof as him."
"You make me sound so bad, Hayate is worse you know. Falls asleep while playing a game, wakes up in the same state, never fixes his bed," he defended himself.
"Why bring up Hayate-kun here? Anyway, I know you have to redo your plates for tomorrow, I'll do the dishes today," he helped her clear up the table and let her do the dishes alone while he went to the bathroom to take a shower. She was already done when he got out and was working on her plates. He took out his work materials too and started working on his.
Misaki was only doing finishing touches on hers while he was only halfway done. Luckily, he still remembered clearly what he initially did so he was working fast. It was already 10 when Misaki decided to call it a night. "I'm sleeping ahead, is that alright?" He nodded. Misaki went to her bed and pretty soon he felt her already asleep.
He didn't bother checking the time as he worked, nor when he decided to call it a night too. All he knew was that it took hours before he was done with his work and got to sleep. The next thing he knew, though, was that he was waking to a noisy sound. His eyes went open slowly but not fully to see Misaki's silhouette cooking at the kitchen area.
His eyes were already fully open and the surroundings had registered to his mind but he stayed still, just looking at Misaki who was frying something for their breakfast. He was seeing her side-view, an apron over her clothes last night, her hair held up by a clamp, and a look of concentration over what she was doing.
It wasn't a just-woke-up semi-consciousness. Right then, one thing ran in his mind, Misaki is actually pretty.
She must have felt someone staring at her because she looked at him and saw him already awake. "Oh, you're awake. Sorry did I wake you? I haven't taken a bath yet so you can still sleep a few minutes more. I know you're really tired." She smiled at him.
"Nah, it's okay," he got up and fixed his bed before going over to the table. "What's for breakfast?"
"Pancakes! I made lots of them because I know you'll eat so much," she was beaming as she presented the plate with a stack of pancakes. Then she took the pot from her coffee maker and poured two mugs. "And I already prepared the coffee. Let's eat."
They ate peacefully as if they've been doing this for a long time. "I like this." He suddenly spoke.
"They're just pancakes, and I just used a pancake mix," she replied. He just smiled at her and continued eating.
"I'll do the dishes this morning while you take a bath first," he said as they finished eating. She agreed and went to the bathroom with her clothes while he started cleaning up. He then took a bath when Misaki was done and they went to school right after.
The week went on like that. Pretty soon, it was the end of the week and they went home to Shizuoka together.
"It's so weird, by next week I'm moving back to the dorms," he said when they got to the train station. "I'm used to your cooking already. I am so going to miss that."
"Yeah, it feels so weird, I think I kind of got used to your messiness too, but it's really nice having someone with me in that apartment," she smiled at him. I'm going to miss seeing that smile first thing in the morning too, he thought. Ever since that morning, he found his day brightened just by seeing her cooking whenever he awoke, then she'd smile at him when she realized that he was already awake.
The dorm was already done being restored by the weekend. The residents were allowed to move back in Monday the following week. Because of that, both Misaki and Tsubasa went back early to get the latter's things left in former's apartment.
"Hey, thank you so much for letting me stay in your apartment for a week, and for helping me move back," he said to her.
"Well, I had to come back early anyway for you to get your stuff, might as well help you," she said as they neared the rebuilt east boys' dorm. "Ooh, it seems they renovated it too, the lobby looks neater."
"Yeah, put that down first, I'll just take these to my room then I'll come back for that.," he said to her before leaving her in the lobby. The lobby was bustling. Since it was the first day to move back, some parents and friends of the residents were there to help them.
"Misaki-san! You're here!" it was Ryotaro, who was holding lots of stuff too.
"Ryotaro-kun, hi, I came to help my friend move back," she smiled at him. "Right, I forgot to ask, where did you stay?"
"I stayed with a classmate who lives near here," just then, Tsubasa came back to get his other baggage that was with her.
"I just remembered, I think I forgot my phone charger in your apartment, can you just bring that tomorrow?" he took a sip from the coffee she was holding before picking up the bags. "This is the last one then we can go to class."
He nodded at Ryotaro before setting off again.
"Don't tell me he stayed with you?" Ryotaro uneasily asked her. She gave a light laugh before nodding.
"Yeah, he did. I'm the closest friend he got whom he can stay with," she explained. Ryotaro seemed to breathe freely after that.
"Was that okay? I mean, he's still a guy," he asked.
"Well, he was pretty messy, but it didn't really matter if he was a guy, we've been practically together everyday ever since we started taking up majors, we're used to each other already," she said. They chatted for a few more minutes until Tsubasa came back and they left for the Architecture building.
"Good morning! Did you move back already, Tsubasa?" Megane was already in the classroom when they got there.
"Yeah, but Kaname's not yet there. Class will start in 15 minutes, though," Tsubasa looked at his watch. Time went by as the classroom started filling up with students. The period started and ended but Kaname still hasn't arrived.
It was the following day when they saw Kaname again, who was twice as lively as if to make up for his absence yesterday.
"Gosh, Kaname-kun, I haven't even reached the doors but I can already hear you," she said when she got to the classroom. "It's so obvious when you're absent, the world gets noticeably quieter."
"Didn't you miss my presence yesterday, Misaki-san?" he dramatically placed his hands on his chest then laughed. "By the way, our dorm is holding an open-house celebration for its restoration. You think it's alright for me to ask Nobara-san to come?"
"Good morning! It's good to see that you're present today, Kaname-kun," Nobara then arrived, taking her seat between her and Kaname.
"Ah, Nobara-san, our dorm is holding an open-house celebration for its restoration on Friday at 6 pm, want to come?" Kaname asked her quickly until he realized what he just did. His hand immediately went to his mouth. They all grinned.
"I can't. I'm attending a formal dinner with my father," Nobara said with an apologetic smile. They all wanted to crack up when they saw Kaname's face fall. He was still going to say something but Kazu arrived and they went back to their seats. Kaname never got the chance and courage to bring up the topic again.
It was Thursday. After lunch, as always, she and Tsubasa dropped by the east boys' dorm for Tsubasa to change his clothes and to leave some of her stuff. She was waiting at the lobby when Ryotaro came in.
"Let me guess, you're waiting for Andou-kun with whom you left your stuff with?" he said when he saw her. They both laughed. "Ahh, that's right, Misaki-san, we're holding an open-house party tomorrow at 6 pm for the restoration of the dorm. Is it alright if I ask you to come with me? If you're not doing anything that day."
"Hmnn, my meeting ends at 6:30 so yeah, I guess I'm free afterward," she smiled. Tsubasa then came and they went off to PE.
"Hey, did you receive the text from the old geezer? The department's having an emergency meeting tomorrow at 3, it's about next month's event," he said as they walked. "Isn't your team having a meeting tomorrow too?"
She checked her phone, indeed, there was a text from Tono and another from the project leader of the team she belonged to. "We're cancelling our meeting tomorrow for the department meeting. Next month's event is for Project Pillars, right? Seems there's a problem, wonder what it is."
They reached the courts and went to their respective classes. Tsubasa's classes ended earlier than hers and she saw him waiting for her by the exit when her class finished.
"Hey, our professor said our class gets free passes to the next volleyball game of the team, and we get a service too," she excitedly told him. The volleyball professor is also the coach of the university's team.
"Your prof's so cool! Kaname and I were planning to go too. Damn, free passes and a ride, you're so lucky," even when they got to their next class and met up with the others, they were still talking about the volleyball game that she forgot to tell them she's going to the east boys dorm's party.
The problem of SCA's Project Pillars became their topic the following day. Tono had briefed them online about what will happen later at the department meeting.
"Hello everyone, I'm glad we're able to get a complete attendance today," Tono greeted them that afternoon. "I know that Lighthouse was supposed to have a meeting today, I'm sorry that you have to cancel that for this. Anyway, as I've stated last night, Pillars encountered a problem with the client of next month's event, which is the contest proper. This will be explained by their leader, Saki-chan."
The Pillars members were seated together. Saki, a junior, stood up and faced them. She explained the problem, which was the client raising its expectations in contest participation way above what had been the projected participation rate. They were all asked to vote whether to follow or cancel the agreement with the sponsor. They were also asked to help despite being assigned to different projects.
The meeting ended but the team leader of Lighthouse, the project she and Nobara was part of, asked for a short meeting with the team. Tsubasa and Kaname left them to go back to the dorms.
"Misaki, are you going home now?" Nobara asked her when it ended. "Want to go with me? I'll drop you off."
"It's okay, I'm going to the east boys dorm's party, Ryotaro-kun, a former classmate, invited me," she smiled. "Ah, that reminds me, he's probably waiting for me, I'll go now, see you next week, Nobara!"
She hurried to the east boys dorm where Ryotaro was waiting for her.
"Wow, I didn't expect it to be a real party," the whole dorm was decorated, the yard was turned into a party hall, and there were lots of people coming in and out of the hallways.
"Ah, that's right, since it's an open house, we're allowed to bring visitors to our rooms, want to see mine? Some of our former classmates are here too," she agreed and they went to his room. As he said, they met some of their former classmates along the way who were either residents or were guests of residents. "So this is my room. And he's my roommate. The other two are going around with their guests. Know what? All four of us roommates are from the college of science, it was a coincidence."
Only one of his roommates was there, who was with a few friends. The room was neatly kept, especially Ryotaro's side of the room.
"You didn't tell me you're bringing a girl. Is she your girlfriend?" his roommate asked. They both blushed.
"No she isn't. She's my friend, a classmate during freshman year," he answered then faced her. "Do you want to stay here or do you want to roam around the dorms?"
"Ah, that's right, you remember Tsubasa, don't you? Do you know where his room is? And also Hayate-kun's!" he agreed and they went downstairs to the second floor where Tsubasa and Kaname's room was. They were just nearing their door when they met the two who were also going back.
"Misaki? What are you doing here?" Tsubasa's eyes widened, surprised to see her here. Then he saw Ryotaro beside her. "Oh, did he invite you?"
"Yeah, didn't I tell you?" she stopped to think and then realized that she had forgotten to tell him. "Oh, that's right, I forgot to tell you. So can I see your room? Though I have a feeling how it looks like."
Tsubasa still cannot get over his shock. It was Kaname who went forward and opened the door for them. "Yeah, sure, our roommates are outside anyway so it's not cramped inside. Welcome!"
One look at the room and she knew already which was Tsubasa's side and which was Kaname's side. One side of the room was pretty messy, with an obvious effort to clean it up a bit, architecture plates hastily stacked on the desk, bags thrown under it. Meanwhile, the side directly across it was the exact opposite. The desks of the two persons served as the division. While Tsubasa's desk was messy, the other desk was organized, with pens on a penholder and a laptop neatly placed on top of the desk. Despite the lack of plates stacked on top of the desk, she knew immediately that it was Kaname's because of the t-square and other tools of an architect strategically placed on the side of the desk for easy access whenever he's working. And also, a guitar bag stood by the foot of the bed, while on Tsubasa's bed, a soccer ball and a jersey can be seen from underneath the bed.
"Oh gosh, Tsubasa, you do realize that the whole dorm's open for the guests to see, don't you?" she said.
"Well, I didn't expect any guest today and neither did you tell me that you were going here. We were together the entire time and you didn't even tell me," he said to her, a bit annoyed.
"I told you I forgot. And I didn't really have the chance," she said. She then faced Ryotaro. "I want to see Hayate-kun's room next, let's go? Do you guys want to join us?"
"I think we'll stay here, Misaki-san, enjoy the party," Kaname said with a smile. The two of them bade goodbye to them and went on to Hayate's room which was in the first floor.
"Andou-kun looked a little annoyed, will you be okay?" he asked him when they were out of the room.
"Yeah, it probably just came as a shock to him. I totally forgot to tell him I was going here," she said. They reached Hayate's room but he wasn't there. His roommates told them he was pigging out at the buffet table at the yard. They decided to proceed to the yard too.
Ryotaro found them a table and left her there to get food for both of them. Kaname and Tsubasa had also decided to come down to the party and that's where they saw her.
"Seriously, why didn't you tell me you were going here?" he asked her again.
"What is your problem, Tsubasa? Look, he just asked me yesterday, okay? I forgot to tell you because we received that text from Tono-senpai, and then there was that news about me getting a free pass for the volleyball game, and then there was the Project Pillars problem. After all that, don't you think it would have slipped from my mind? What, do I need to tell you everything I'm doing?" she was starting to get pissed off too.
Tsubasa was still going to say something but they saw Ryotaro approaching. Tsubasa and Kaname decided to go and get their own food. She didn't get another chance to talk to Tsubasa nor Kaname that night. Some of Ryotaro's friends came to sit with them and afterwards, Ryotaro walked her home.
"Thanks for coming to the party with me tonight, Misaki-san," he told her when they reached her apartment building.
"It's okay, I had fun too, though I'm sorry if my mood was ruined later on, I just got annoyed with Tsubasa," she said. "And thanks for walking me home too."
"Ah, Misaki-san," he had just turned away when he turned back to her.
"Hmnn?" she turned around to face him.
"Would you like to, uhm, go out on a date with me?"
I can't believe I really went ahead with this idea, both the staying over thing and the party thing haha. This is honestly one of the chapters I really enjoyed writing, one of those I wrote down first too. I was hoping I could have done it more justice though, if only I was better at descriptive writing. Anyway, here is the seventh chapter, I hope you enjoyed reading it. I use Chrome for my browser but I was having problems uploading a document so I had to use Mozilla instead. That distorted some of the formatting of the story. I already edited them but there may be some that I overlooked, I apologize for that. As for my progress in the story, since my classes are finally starting soon, I'm trying to speed up, hopefully I don't get busy immediately and be able to finish the whole story soon so that I don't run the risk of not being able to update. To those who reviewed, followed, favorited, and read this, thank you so much. See you next week!
