Anata ga Ita Kara
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Theme: 37 – "I know it's hopeless when you're my answer to every question."
Rating: K
Summary: It's just one of the many symptoms of being absolutely stupid in love. General consensus among Kiri's friends has decreed it to be the cutest one.
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"So, do you think you'll be able to come?" Aura asked, shifting where she leaned against the fence and taking a drink from the half-filled can of iced tea.
"Hmm. I don't know—Kumo and I'll have to work it out," Kiri replied, running a hand through his hair distractedly.
"Pfft…" Aura covered her smile almost as soon as it appeared, and Hoshi and Arashi exchanged knowing glances.
"What? What? Did I miss something?" Kiri put his hands on his hips and scowled back and forth from one of them to the next.
"It's nothing. Is it like you have any other plans?" Aura went on.
"No, not really—it's just, Kumo may want to come along too, or something might've happened at school and I'll need to stay with him and—alright, what is so funny?" He glared at the three of them as they made a valiant effort to choke back their laughter. "It's not Let's Find Innuendo In Innocuous Words Day or something, is it?"
"No, no—not at all." Hoshi shook his head, still smiling and not bothering trying to smooth it out. "It's just—sweet."
"What is? Look, if Kumo and I are that much of a problem—" Though clearly puzzled, Kiri gave all of them his best glower, crossing his arms over his chest.
"It's just ridiculously cute how besotted you are," Arashi said with a grin. "We're not making fun of you, really."
"Huh?"
"You're never going to get it, so just give it up," Aura told him bluntly, reaching out to pat his shoulder. "You're just hopeless that way. But check with Kumo; it wouldn't be a problem for us if he wanted to come along too."
"I'll do that," Kiri said, pulling his cellphone out of his pocket and mentally shaking his head over the lot of them. Friends were so weird sometimes.
Owari.