"Saeki-san, please come." Then Saeki approached his teacher. "There's something bugging me, why is Fujiwara-san in your work?" the teacher raised one confused brow…

Chapter 11

Saeki was taken aback when he heard his teacher's query. Then he smiled innocently and decided to answer his teacher.

"I just figured to use Mayumi-san. Here in my work, Mayumi-san is like the one remembering her past." Saeki said as he went through his work.

"Oh. Is that so?" his teacher asked with satisfaction in his voice. Saeki nodded innocently.

"Okay. You may take your seat now." His teacher stated as he gave Saeki his sketchbook...

Saeki received his sketchbook and went to his seat. As he arrived at his seat, he found Mayumi staring out the window, leaning her chin using her left hand. Guess she's daydreaming, that's what Saeki thought.

"Ne, Saeki-san," Mayumi said in a low/ lazy voice, still staring out the window.

"Eh?" Saeki asked himself in thought, of course. He thought that Mayumi was daydreaming, he was stand corrected. "I thought you were daydreaming." Saeki said.

"I was." Mayumi replied as she turned and looked at her seatmate.

"…" Saeki was left speechless since Mayumi's reply was still processing on his damned mind.

"Oh yeah, of course you were." Saeki said as he scratched the back of his head, smiling nervously. How could he be stupid? He guessed that Mayumi wasn't daydreaming because she talked to him. Sigh.

Mayumi raised a confused brow. Why the hell was he acting weird? Oh well, the hell she cared. She knew Saeki as long as she could remember, she knew that he can recover fast from acting stupid and all. "Uh… right. Anyway, I was about to ask you if… if I can see your work." She said calmly like her usual self. Yes! She's back to normal since this day started.

"Huh? My work?" Saeki asked and then looked at his closed sketchbook. Should he let her or not? He was afraid on what her reaction may be if she finds out that he drew her. He shook his head, throwing those thoughts away. "Sure." Saeki agreed and handed his sketchbook.

Mayumi accepted it and placed it on top of her desk. She stared at the sketchbook, as she remembered what she saw this morning; when she tried to see Saeki's work, she saw a girl in his sketch. She thought it was her at first but refused to believe because she can't see the sketch clearly, then Saeki woke up. Damn it.

She opened the sketchbook and saw Saeki's previous works. Man they're awesome. Mayumi flipped the pages 'til she got to the page where Saeki's last work was located. Her eyes widened, she was right all along; Saeki did draw her. Mayumi looked through his sketch.

In the sketch, Mayumi was on the right side, Saeki only drew her head, looking at the sky, something like she was thinking something deeply. On the left side, there were 3 kids playing at the playground, 1 girl, and 2 boys. Mayumi thought that it was her and Saeki but who was the other boy?

"Saeki-san, who're these kids?? She asked, pointing at the kids in the sketch.

"Me, you, and Fuji." He answered calmly.

"Fuji?" She asked, raising a bemused brow.

"I guess I forgot to tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"Fuji was also my childhood friend. When he was 5, he and his family moved to Tokyo. Days later, I met you when you arrived here."

"Is that so?" Saeki nodded. "Wanna see mine?" Mayumi added.

"… Sure…" he reluctantly agreed, while Mayumi opened her sketchbook.

Mayumi drew the whole playground and 1 boy and 1 girl. Saeki was amazed by the improvement of Mayumi's work. He congratulated her and she smiled, or rather, grinned as response. Then the bell rang.

"See you at the gate." Mayumi said as she stood up and left for her practice.

The sun was about to set, Mayumi was leaning on the wall beside the gate waiting for Saeki. Then someone popped out of nowhere which almost gave Mayumi a heart attack. She turned to the person who just popped out.

"Saeki-san, if you want me to die, you can just tell me." she said, still in the midst of recovery.

Saeki sweatdropped at the girl's action. "Sorry. I didn't mean to kill you." He said and smirked, still staring at Mayumi wheezing. Mayumi recovered and smirked at Saeki, she got what the other human meant.

"Let's go." Mayumi said, started to walk; Saeki nodded.

Mayumi led Saeki to a river where the fireflies were said to appear when it gets dark. Only a few seconds left before the sun will vanish for the night. Fireflies and other people slowly appeared as the darkness deepened.

"Awesome." An amused Saeki said as he looked at the fireflies soaring around. Mayumi looked at him and smiled, glad that he was enjoying the prospect. Then a firefly landed on Mayumi's nose, she leisurely trapped the firefly with her 2 palms. She lowered her arms and looked at the firefly's light that went through between the fingers of her palms.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Mayumi asked Saeki, who was just beside her.

"Yeah… very." He agreed. Mayumi slowly opened her palms, letting the firefly fly out. Amused, Mayumi looked at the fireflies soaring around, just like what Saeki did a moment ago. Saeki smiled at the girl and then his face expression turned from slight amusement to surprise.

Saeki found Mayumi more attractive when the fireflies light touched Mayumi's face. Oh why did he see Mayumi at her best look, so far, today? He can't hold the feeling; the warmth of his face slowly gets warmer and warmer. He looked away, trying to get back to his normal self. He hoped that Kazeri will talk to him later…

Mayumi saw Saeki looked away and wondered what was wrong but then ignored it; maybe he just saw something that caught his attention. A flash of memory then popped out of her mind, when she saw an amused Saeki when he saw the sight of the fireflies. She looked down, felt some heat on her face. He looked much more attractive, she shook her head; what was she thinking? Think of something else for once.

"I think we should get walking, Saeki-san." Mayumi suggested and Saeki nodded. "But before we do that, let's take a picture." She added after she took out her phone, thinking that it might be a good remembrance for the night. Saeki was bowled over, didn't expect like this would happen, but hesitantly agreed.

"But what is it for?" he asked.

"For remembrance, we're friends, right?" she answered. They closed the gap between them; their heads were leaning against each other. Mayumi started counting from three before she snapped the shutter and captured their night together with the fireflies.

Mayumi let Saeki look at the picture for just a second, then she pulled it away and not looking at the image, she saved it. "Saa, let's go!" she said, starting to walk away from the river.

Saeki just followed her dumbfounded. He didn't see the picture well since Mayumi pulled it away before he could have a clearer look. Maybe he'll just ask her to let him see the picture tomorrow. Wait, he can't ask her. It's Saturday tomorrow, they can't see each other. Sigh. Better wait for Monday.

So? How was it? Oh please tell me..!! So sorry if this one is short. I can't take the stupid descriptions, they're driving me nuts! So i stopped here, and I'm so happy that this chapter is done. . . I think the next chap will be late since i need to get my sanity back, so that's it... and I lost my comedy... MY HUMOR!!1

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