How could this be? Is there some sort of problem?
Indignant thoughts rustled through this outwardly silent first-year's mind. His blue eyes narrowed to the book in his hand, though he was doing anything but reading. Truth be told, he was quite annoyed.
The cause of Rei's annoyance was most likely the blonde-haired girl sitting directly in front of him. The cross-dresser, as he labeled her, had not said a single word to him. Her blank smile faced the window, ignoring. Meanwhile, Rei was being torn to pieces.
She must be playing hard-to-get. After all, she sees the colors, too, right? I mean, there's not really any reason why she wouldn't. But, if she doesn't...
His eyes narrowed with more sadness than anger.
What if she doesn't..?
"Ryugazaki-kun?" A single voice shattered any thoughts may have held. His eyes traced downwards, finally meeting with the happy smile and bright pink eyes. The colors around them seemed to become just a little more defined in that moment, though Rei didn't truly notice. He shoved his book higher, covering his reddening cheeks.
"W-What is it?" He said with a rather mean tone. After all, he was still waiting for his rather eccentric soul mate to make the first move and fall into his arms. How beautiful that moment would be.
"I was just wondering if you wanted to join the swim club. I already asked before, but-"
"This is my stop. I apologize, but goodbye."
The doors opening allowed Rei a quick escape. He gripped his bag with hard determination as he strode out of the shuttle. Walking even faster, he secured a hidden place behind a nearby corner. Surely he would be out of sight here.
Rei's back made contact with the wall rather harshly, rattling his glasses. Staring towards the ground, a hot huff escaped his breath. The book held in his hand now plummeted towards the concrete as he lost the will to hang onto it. His hand now took hold of his red cheeks, squeezing the skin.
What the hell is this..? Why couldn't I say anything to her? Does this ridiculous phenomenon really screw with hormones this much?
Letting out a large sigh, Rei placed his head to the wall, eyes glancing towards the infinitely blue sky overhead. No clouds seemed to occupy the light color, and that just dropped his hopes lower. Seeing anything with such beautiful color only accomplished one thing for the teen.
It only reminded him of Nagisa.