Chapter 15 Lonely Hearts Club

Momiji's POV

I was walking through the streets of Tokyo at night.

I had borrowed some of Haru's black clothing to suit the mood of the day.

What day is it you ask? Well, you see, it is Black Day.

On Valentines Day in Japan, girls give gifts to all the significant males in their lives.

A month later, on White Day, those guys return the favour by giving gifts to the girls.

And on Black Day, those who did not receive any gifts wear black clothing, eat black noodles, and sulk about their terrible love life.

Now, I did get plenty of gifts on Valentines Day. I even got gifts from the woman I love.

However, there are two types of chocolates to give on Valentines Day in Japan. The ones you give to those who you just see as friends, and the ones you give to the person you love.

The woman I loved gave those types of chocolates to another man.

And that brings us to where I was now. Wearing black clothing (which is totally not my style) and walking into a noodle restaurant that was having a Black Day noodles special.

However, when I got into the restaurant, I was surprised to see two familiar faces.

These were the faces of Kagura and Hanajima.

Both of them were wearing black, which was normal for the latter, but not the former.

"Kagura", I said in shock. "Hanajima?"

"Momiji", Kagura said in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"I sense that he, like us, has come to drown his sorrows in black noodles", Hanajima replied for me.

"That is correct."

…

Kagura, Hanajima and I were all eating our black noodles.

Suddenly, the former growled in anger.

"This isn't fair", she yelled out. "We deserve love just as much as everybody else!"

"Indeed", Hanajima agreed. "However, it would appear what we are the three single ones out of our friends, who all have some type of significant other."

"I know right", Kagura agreed. "And seeing them being all lovey dovey all the time is so infuriating!"

"Indeed", Hanajima agreed. "It breaks my heart just thinking about it."

And that's when I had enough.

"Okay", I started as I stood up. "That is enough."

"Momiji", Kagura asked in confusion.

"The three of us are not going to just sit here and feel sorry for ourselves", I exclaimed. "Come on! We are going out for a night on the town!"

…

It was late, and the three of us were walking home.

"That was so much fun", Kagura exclaimed! "Thank you so much for suggesting it Momiji!"

"You're welcome", I said.

"I have a proposal", Hanajima started.

"What type of proposal", I asked.

"Since the three of us are the only single ones out of the rest of our friends, why don't we form a sort of group?"

"A group", I asked in confusion.

"That's a great idea", Kagura replied. "We'll call yourselves…the Lonely Hearts Club!"