Chapter 15: Being Sendoh Akira
Author: Mitsui no Miko
Seeing Sakuragi and Rukawa together like that struck a chord in Sendoh's heart. He was hurt, yes, though the reason remains unknown to him. Seeing the two of them together tormented him to no end.
"Why am I feeling like this?" he asked himself. Could it be, that Sendoh Akira somehow feels the same as a certain raven-haired boy who was right across the room?
Sendoh wasn't one to be easily bothered by problems. However, this time, he couldn't help thinking about it.
The truth was, Sendoh couldn't deal with his own emotions. He shut them all out. His perpetual smile was a mask.
Love? That was an alien word to him. He had never loved anyone before. Countless fangirls and even fanboys have hurled themselves at his feet vying for his attention. And yet, he dismissed them all with a wave of his hand. He simply wasn't interested. They couldn't get to the man behind the smile.
To him, smiling was the most natural thing in the world. It means nothing… yet conceals everything. Usually, he felt nothing. But now there was a yearning from the bottom of his heart.
He knew he cared for Rukawa more than the average person. They were good friends, right?
He quietly slipped out of the bar, and headed to the library. Kanagawa had a 24-hour library service. He planned to do a little research on certain psychological topics.