"Um. Nadeshiko." I tried to avoid looking at his pink-clad outfit.
"Hn."
"So, I'm not afraid of you I'm just afraid of the color pink. There's a story behind that but I don't think you want to hear that so yeah. Are we cool?"
"You're about as scatterbrained as Sadi."
"Hey! That's offensive and mean! On two accounts!" I retorted.
"Good to know."
"So are we good?" I asked hesitantly.
"Don't let it get in the way." Nadeshiko responded before walking away.
"Huh?" I asked cluelessly behind him.
"Way to go Tate! You did it!" Sadi cheered as she appeared from behind a bush.
"Well, he is in the uniform." I pointed out.
"Good point, why haven't you talked to him about your pink issue before then?" Sadi asked cluelessly.
I shrugged, "didn't feel like talking to him, and I don't think he wanted to talk to me either."
"That shouldn't have stopped you for a semester." Sadi pointed out.
"Well, it did and nothing can change that." I responded.
"Sadi, what time is it?"
"Um," she took out her scroll from her pocket, "nine forty."
"That would explain why he left in such a hurry, we have a class to get to." I said briskly as I stood up and ran off in the direction that Nadeshiko went.
"Huh? Wait! Tate!" Sadi ran after me, "you can't leave me! You know how bad I am with directions! I'll never remember which class we need to get to! Hey! Tate! Tate!"
"You should be faster than me! I know you can do it!" I taunted back.
"I'm not wearing my glitter shoes!" she wailed behind me.
A/N-Yeah, it's another short chapter, but I really needed to get the resolved conflict between Tate and Nadeshiko before I can get into the real climax of the story.