It wasn't even dawn and they were already outside, the Day was chilly and the park was devoid of people, only birds could be heard.
"Zz…", a figure was sleeping on one of the benches.
"Ittoki-kun?", Haruka called softly, taking the glove of her hand and touching his face slight.
"Mm… Morning…", Ittoki opened his eyes slowly, being woken up by the warm touch, "Wah~ It's very cold today~ I get very sleepy~"
"Sorry, if it wasn't because I can't sing in front of people you wouldn't need to do that"
"There's no need to apologize, I am happy that you would make an exception for me", he smiled, "I like hearing your voice!"
"T-Thanks", she blushed, letting a shy smile.
"Hey, do you remember the music I showed you yesterday?"
"Yes… It was a nice song"
"Say why don't we sing it together?", he chirped, his eyes practically sparking, "Since I heard you sing I always wondered how we would sound together!"
"Huh… It may sound off; after all, you go to a school where they teach how to sing right?"
"Haha, don't worry, I chose a slow melody because it fit you and it isn't hard, so please~?", he asked with puppy eyes.
"Ok…", she chuckled.
Ittoki started whistling the instrumental part of the song, and Haruka started to sing the lyrics, closing her eyes, smiling.
Ittoki just stared fondly and smiled too as he joined her voice, both in perfect harmony, his heart beating fast as he felt her ungloved hand touching his, her skin still warm even if the weather was chilly.
He observed in an amused way as some birds flew to the ground and started jumping around, like they were dancing, chirping sometimes, which gave him the impression that they tried to join them.
Suddenly he felt like dancing.
"Haruka?"
"Huh?", she stopped singing, looking puzzled as he stood up holding her hand.
"Let's dance"
"Eh?", she blinked in response as he pulled her and started to sing again.
Haruka could swear that someday he would kill her of heart attack as he always found a way to make her heart beat fast.
"Ah!", she squeaked when she stumbled on her own feet which made both lose balance and hit the ground, with Ittoki protecting her, "S-Sorry, I was caught off guard"
"Haha it's ok", he laughed scratching his head.
"Did you hit your head?", she asked, worried leaning closer to inspect his head, touching softly the spot where his hand was.
Ittoki felt his heart beating fast with how close she was, so he stayed still while Haruka checked for more wounds.
It wasn't the first time he felt like this, but he couldn't tell for life why he felt like that.
'Well, it isn't pleasant, but… Ok, maybe the weird feeling on my stomach is'
"Hum… There's no wounds", Haruka breathed in relief.
"Er… Haruka, the ground is cold"
"Eh? Ah!", she stood up.
"Tchu", he sneezed, "Wah… I think it got colder… It's better if we find a warm place…"
He started to pat his clothes even if there wasn't any dirty on it, when he felt someone grabbing the sleeve of his coat.
"Do you want to suggest something?", he asked.
"Eh?" she squeaked in surprise.
"When you want to say suggest something you always grab my sleeve… Or when I'm not using any clothes with sleeve you tend to grab my arm"
"W-Well… I know a place that sells a delicious hot cocoa so I thought that we could go there"
"Hum… Sounds good~ Ok let's go!"
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"Who is it?", Tokiya asked as he knew that if it was his roommate at this hour he would just have barged in, "It isn't closed"
"Hey Ichinose", greeted Tomochika opening the door, "Hum… You know, I thought this place would be a mess but it's pretty clean and neat here"
"That's because I always clean this place, otherwise it would be a mess", Tokiya replied.
"Oh I see… You do look like a perfectionist", Tomochika nodded, "Say, where's Otoya?"
"He woke earlier and went out"
"Eh? On a weekend?"
"Probably to meet your friend"
"Hum… I didn't check on Haruka, but maybe she went out hum"
"… Knowing both they may take a while, so it's better if you return later or even wait in your friend's house"
"Oh, but I didn't come for that, I wanted to talk with you"
"Me?", he arched an eyebrow.
"Yes, I wanted to…", she stuttered, a bit bashful, "Thank you for yesterday, it isn't common for someone to stand for me like that"
"You don't need to thank me", he replied, "You you're pretty strong yourself"
"Then why did you defend me?", Tomochika asked with a hint of amusement while picking a chair and sitting close to him.
"…Felt like it"
"Is that so?", she chuckled, "You know… When I first met you I thought it was strange how you and Otoya were friends as you too are total opposites, but now I can see why, you two are very nice"
"I don't think 'nice' fits me"
"Geez, you're Ichinose, you aren't just an openly fluff puppy like Otoya", Tomochika laughed.
"…Why you call me by my surname most of times instead of my first name?", asked Tokiya trying to change the topic of conversation.
"Hum… I don't know, I like the way your surname sounds", she pondered, "It's kind of strong and cool I think"
"…That's your reason?", he arched an eyebrow.
"Yep!", she grinned like a Cheshire cat, "And you know what, you aren't that different, I think you're the only person I know that call me by my last name"
"Does that bother you?"
"No, it doesn't", she replied, "Actually it feels kind of nice"
"I see…"
They feel on a silence, but it was nice, the weather outside was awfully cold outside and inside the room was quite warm and cozy.
"Ah… I'm feeling sleepy", Tomochika rubbed her eyes and yawned a bit, standing up and walking to one of the beds, dropping on it.
"…What do you think you're doing?"
"Going to take a nap, I feel very sleep and it's warm"
"…You have the conscience that you're sleeping on a guy's bed?", he asked arching an eyebrow again.
"Nah, it's fine, Otoya likes Haruka and you won't do anything to me so I'm safe", she mumbled covering her head with her hood, "Good night"
"It's still morning", he sighed rolling his eyes but the girl already fell asleep, "…At least take your shoes"
He sighed again and stood up, gently taking the girl's shoes put her legs on the bed and picked a blanket covering the girl.
'Honestly, what a handful girl… If you wanted to sleep, you could at least do it on Otoya's bed, not mine', he thought, blushing a bit while he walked to his desk to read a book.
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"Whoa! It's hot!", he tried to fan his tongue using his hands.
"Ah! Wait a second, let me cool it for you", Haruka said blowing his drink.
"Thanks Haruka", he carefully sipped the drink.
"You look very cute when you drink like that", she whispered, giggling a bit.
"A-Haha, thanks I guess?"
"Eh you heard me?", she blushed.
"You too look cute when you look embarrassed you know?", he commented, which made her look down and start to sip her own cocoa feeling ever bashful.
"Ouch!"
"Ah! You forgot to cool your cocoa too?"
"Y-Yes", she replied, the tip of her tongue outside her mouth as she tried to do the same as he did, fanning it with her hand.
"There, I think it would be easier if I tried to blow right?", he replied blowing slight, close to her face, as his breath touched her tongue which made her face acquire a deep shade of red.
'GOD HIS FACE IS TOO CLOSE! A-AND HIS BREATH IS TOUCHING MY TONGUE!', Haruka started to panicky.
"T-Thanks", Haruka replied feeling very embarrassed.
… How he could be a tease without meaning to? Ah… Her heartbeat was racing again!
"Are you ok? You're clutching your chest"
"Y-Yes, I'm fine", she waved again, blowing her cocoa for a few minutes, before she sipped it again, looking down.
"Hum… Ok", he nodded, seeing that she seemed ok.
They both finished their drinks and dumped them on the trashcan as they both stared outside.
And it was snowing.
"Oh boy, snow? In this season?"
"W-Well, it's pretty cold today"
"Hum… Say what you want to do? Stay here or go outside and play a bit?"
"Well…", she trailed off looking to the side.
"Neither one right?", he chuckled when he she looked quite flustered, "You know, you can speak your mind when you want to chose one option, but when you don't want to do both you always look to the side"
"…you seem to know me very well", she chuckled.
"I learned how to read silence with Tokiya!", he said proudly which earned a amused laugh from the girl, "And… I think that because we are always together I learned how to read you"
"W-Wow, you're pretty intuitive Otoya"
"Nah, I'm not", he laughed, shaking his head, "Tokiya always says that I'm dense as a rock, so I guess that you're the only person that I can sense what you need"
"Oh…"
"Ok, say, what you want to do?"
"Hum… I think I want to find a warm place, I get easily sick after all"
"Then… What if we go to my dormitory? Tokiya's there and it's kind of cozy there"
"Eh? Would it be ok?"
"Yep! Let's go~!", he said opening the door, "Oh Gosh it's so cold!"
"H-Here, you can hold my hand", Haruka offered, taking he glove again, "It's kind of warm because of the gloves"
"Oh Ok, thanks", he said gratefully intertwining their fingers.
Haruka looked at their hand and her cheeks became rosy, looking discretely to the boy, as he guided her.
'I can't continue like this… I need to tell him my feelings', she thought staring his back with a lost look.
'She's staring again…', Otoya noticed when he looked back at her while she avoided his gaze, looking with interest to the floor.
If there was something that he still wasn't able to read was that look she always gave him, it felt kind of hopeless and also like she expected something.
It frustrated him to no end because he felt that there was something obvious about that but he couldn't figure what it was and he didn't have the courage to ask Haruka because he knew that if she wanted to say it she would have told him so.
He needed to figure it himself.
'Ah… But what is that?', he pondered, 'I feel that's something really important to her, but I can't tell for life what it is…'
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"I'm back!", said Otoya opening the door, only to be greeted by a glare, "Hello Tokiya!"
"Would you please be more silent?", he said holding his book.
"Ah! Sorry", he quickly apologized when he suddenly noticed a lump on the bed, "Huh? Who's that?"
"Shibuya"
"Tomo-chan?", Haruka blinked.
"…What is she doing here?"
"I invited her", he explained, walking to his closet to search his blanket, "Now, where it is…"
"Ichinose-san, aren't you cold?", asked Haruka, as the blue haired teen looked less clothed compared to her and Otoya.
"A bit, but someone is using my blanket", he replied, only to feel someone something heavy and warm wrapped around him as well as a head resting on his shoulders.
"You could have told me so", replied a sleepy Tomochika hugging him from behind, which startled him.
"W-What are you doing?!", he asked as he felt his face slowly getting red when he felt the red locks tickling the skin of his neck.
"Warming you", she replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Dammit you're cold as a corpse!"
"Ah! Found it!", said Otoya picking the blanket and looking at the funny scene, blinking, "Huh?"
"Go back to the bed and sleep there!"
"Quit whining and let me warm you", Tomochika replied, furrowing her eyebrows, while her eyes were still closed.
"Oy, you don't plan on sleeping here while standing like that right?"
"What's happening?", Otoya asked clueless.
"Er… Otoya, do you have an extra blanket?", asked Haruka pitting the other teen.
"No, sorry", he shook his head, "I was even thinking of sharing this with you"
"Eh?!"
"Good idea Otoya", Tomochika replied, still in a sleepy haze as she gave him the thumbs up, "C'mmon Ichinose, let's share the blanket"
"I said there's no need to…!"
"Ichinose-san, she can't hear you while being half asleep"
"Ugh", he sighed in defeat, facepalming as he stood up, with Tomochika's arms still around his neck, "Fine, but I'm not sitting on the bed, I still need to finish this book!"
He slowly walked to coach, holding the blanket that was almost falling from the girl's shoulder and sitting there, fuming while he tried to read his book.
"Hahaha, what an amusing scene", Otoya laughed.
"Shut Up", he replied with a grump tone.
'You know, they kin of look cute like this', Haruka though before he felt someone jumping at her and involving her with a blanket and a hug, "Eek!"
"Haha, sorry for startling you~!", Otoya laughed, "Hey Tokiya, there's a space there?"
"No, go sit on the bed"
"Geez… How mean", Otoya pouted, "Do you mind Haruka?"
"A-Ah…"
At the moment she couldn't process her mind so she quickly nodded as he quickly dragged her to the bed, nuzzling close to her as he closed his eyes and slept.
'HE'S HUGGING ME, HE'S HUGGING ME, HE'S HUGGING ME, HE'S HUGGING ME, HE'S HUGGING ME,'
"… I feel sorry for you", Tokiya said suddenly, as Haruka snapped of her panicking state to look at him with confusion.
"What?"
"For you liking someone so dense, good luck", he nodded and went back to his book.
Haruka kind of stared him for a while before realization hit her.
Even Tokiya knew that she liked Otoya?!
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Ok, I lied to me and to you guys and wrote more Tomochika x Tokiya WTF hahaha ;w;
Let's answer the reviews kufufuf~
brandnewmelody- I'm kind of warming myself to this pairing and sorry if it took that long to update ^^', Hehehe, I hope you liked this chapter!
animefreak3721- Oh, I do plan to show how it's like inside the school and even what it was like before… I just need to decide which chapter is that ^^'*sweatdrop*
No, they go to different schools, Tokiya and Otoya go to a only-idols school and Tomochika and Haruka take courses to learn how to play instruments(Haruka is bullied inside the course), otherwise they frequent normal high schools