Chapter 7

I smiled and waved, "Ohayou Kogure-san."

"Ohayou," he said, "sorry I'm later."

I smiled, "No problem. What happened? You're even later than me."

Kogure blushed, "I was kept busy last night and I, sort of overslept."

I couldn't interpret his look but it was one of happiness and embarrassment. I shrugged and out of curiosity asked, "Doing what?"

He turned as red as a tomato and stuttered, "Uh…well…um…"

I felt this cold chill down my back and turned around and spotted this shadow turn the corner, 'That figure looks familiar.'

"Sendoh-san, is something the matter?"

"I thought I saw someone over there but I'm not sure…" I said.

Kogure let out a soft growl and stormed over there to the corner. I followed and spotted a very guilty looking Mitsui trying to climb over the fence.

"You followed me!" Kogure said.

"What was he saying to make you blush like that?!" Mitsui demanded.

"Um…maybe, I should go…" I said.

"No, that's ok," Kogure said and then looked at Mitsui and said in a quiet but dangerous voice, "I thought we settled this yesterday."

"…"

Mitsui jabbed a finger at me, "How am I suppose to trust this hentai?"

'Because of me? How is this my fault? And why am I a hentai?!'

"I can't believe you don't trust me!" Kogure said.

"You told me you love me and you leave me for him?!"

"When did I leave you?" Kogure asked.

"What do you call this morning?"

"…" I froze, 'they're an item? They're arguing because of me? He thinks, I like Kogure? Oh, now I know why Kogure was blushing earlier. Hee-hee.'

"It's not what you think," I began.

"You don't need to explain to him. Let's go," Kogure said walking away.

I grabbed onto Kogure's arm which made Mitsui shoot daggers at me. I smiled, "Kogure-san, Mitsui followed you because he loves you. If he didn't care about you he wouldn't be so worried. I'm sorry to cause all this commotion. Maybe I should explain."

"Sendoh you don't have to explain anything," Kogure said.

I smiled, "I envy you guys. It's obvious you 2 love each other. I don't want you 2 to break-up over a misunderstanding. Plus I don't want him going around saying I stolen you from him or anything. Really I don't mind him knowing. Maybe he'll help me out as well."

.

Mitsui choked on his coffee, "You…you Mr. Sunshine likes that emotionless Rukawa?"

"I don't know about that Mr. Sunshine thing. It reminds me of those books by Roger Hargreaves. And Rukawa's not emotionless," I protested, "he's capable of smiling."

"You've seen him smile?!" Mitsui exclaimed.

I thought about that expression on his face when he thought about Sakuragi and resisted the urge to frown, "Once. He's capable of emotion, it's just hard for him to express his feelings. Anyways Kogure was just helping me out."

Mitsui looked at us, "Sumimasen Sendoh. Sumimasen Kimi-kun, I didn't mean to accuse you guys…"

I almost laughed Mitsui looked so cute, "No problem. Ack! I'm late. See you guys tomorrow. Coach and Koshi will kill me!"

.

"Where the heck did you go?" Koshino hissed.

"To meet someone important, but I got held up by his jealous boyfriend," I said with a laugh.

"Was his jealousy justified?" Koshino asked.

"In his view, yes. In my view, no. So what would be the best way to tell someone you like them?"

"Who do you plan on telling?" Koshino asked and stopped running.

"…"

"Well…" he said impatiently.

"Please help me. Say it's someone like you. How would you want someone to break the news to you?" I asked, 'Kosh and Kaede are kind of alike. At least the closest I can find. They both like to call me baka, they both threatened me, they…'

"Sendoh! Koshino! Don't just stand there! Move it!" Taoka-sensei yelled.

"Hai!"

"So Kosh how would you want someone to admit their undying love for you?"

"Undying love…as long as it's…ye…someone I like I don't care how he…or she say it."

'That's useful except I'm not the someone that he likes,' I thought and said, "but what if you want to prove to him your love?"

"Him?" Koshino asked curiously.

I grinned sheepishly, "Yeah, him."

Koshino actually smiled.

"So Hiro?" I said expectantly.

"Just tell him. As long as it reflects you true feelings he'll know and understand. Just be yourself Akira."

"Great advice Hiro. Should I eliminate all sappiness or is it ok?"

"All people laugh at the sappiness of others but in reality they really don't mind the sappiness as long as it's directed at them," he said.

I smiled and asked teasingly, "Do you like sappy people?"

He didn't reply.

"Ok…thank-you very much Hiro," I said.

End of Chapter 7