"Good morning vice cap." Colline greeted Kogure gladly.
"Colline! …Good morning too." Kogure greeted her back, somewhat surprised.
"So how's the basketball team doing?"
"The team? It's fine."
"I hope you'll win in your next game."
"Yah, I hope too."
"Anyway, can I have a picture of yours? Just one."
Kogure was surprised. "For what?"
"Nothing. I just want to have a picture of my friends. C'mon, just one. Here, I'll give you mine in exchange of yours."
Colline got her wallet and pulled a picture of hers from it. She handed it to Kogure. Kogure stared at the picture.
"Here. So, I'll be waiting for yours. Okay?"
"Yah, sure." Kogure held the picture.
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Mito was walking in the corridor when the three extras came.
"Hey Yohei, what's new about you and your girl? He! He! He!" Takamiya laughed as he asked Mito.
"Nothing." Mito replied.
"Nothing! Kogure might overtake you. He! He! He!" Oksu laughed at him also.
"Phil knew about it already. He told me to tell Colline and give it a try. Because she'll never know if I won't tell her."
"Then what's the problem?" Sakuragi suddenly came from behind.
"Hey Hanamichi, where have you been?" Takamiya asked.
"Ah, just out there. Made 200 jump shots to make the genius more genius. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Sakuragi bragged.
"But Haruko will look at Rukawa as the more genius and not you. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Takamiya teased Sakuragi again.
"You big, fat pig!" Sakuragi was about to chase Takamiya but Oksu stopped them.
"Hey guys, we have a situation here. Yohei."
"What situation are you talking about? It's not a big situation." Mito told them.
"What do you mean not? It is. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Oksu laughed at him again.
"Stop it you fools. Okay, I'm going to tell her but…"
"Whooo! Yohei's got a proposal to make!" The four interrupted and teased him.
"Wait! I'm not yet finished! And it's not a proposal. My problem is, I don't know how I'm going to tell to her."
"Oooh…Yohei's thinking of a romantic way. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Takamiya teased him again.
"Shut up you big, fat Takamiya!" Mito grinned at Takamiya.
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At the gym, Kogure was sitting on one chair. He was quietly staring at one picture he's holding with his hands. It was Colline's. He was seriously looking at it when Sakuragi suddenly pulled the picture from behind.
"Hey glasses bro, you're looking at a girl's picture. Who's this ha? Who's this?" Sakuragi teased Kogure.
"Give it back to me Sakuragi." Kogure was trying to reach the picture. But since Sakuragi was taller than him and he's waving the picture high, Kogure wasn't able to reach it. Sakuragi then looked carefully at the picture and was surprised.
"Hey, this is the girl whom Yohei is pinning on."
"What… Mito?" Kogure curiously asked.
"So this means that Kogure and Yohei are… Haaaa!" Sakuragi whispered. …rivals for this girl.
Sakuragi then quickly gave the picture back to Kogure.
"Ah, thanks." Kogure held the picture already. But he's somewhat confused upon hearing Mito's name.
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So, am I going to tell her now? I don't know. I'm getting nervous. What if she just laughs at me? Mito suddenly remembered what Phil said--- that her mind was like that of a child. No. I shouldn't be a pessimist. I can do this. Or else, she would never know.
Mito then saw Colline walking out of school. He ran to her.
"Hey, Colline. So, are you going home already?" Mito asked her.
"Yah. I am about to. But I just can't find my buddies. I don't know where they are. I think they left me already." Colline answered.
Whooo… thank God they're not here. Mito sighed. "Ah, want me to walk with you? Even just up to the train station."
"Okay. It would be nice to have someone to walk with me." Colline replied sweetly.
The two started walking. And Mito was still a little nervous. Then, he started talking.
"Ah, Colline…" these were the first words that came out from his mouth.
"Ahmm… Colline… I…" And these are the next words.
"Ah… I… Colline…" And these are the next.
"Are you going to say something?" Colline asked him already.
"Yah, I am." Mito replied.
"And that's…" Colline made him continue.
"Ahmm… ah…"
"Mito."
"Ah, okay. I'm going to tell it. Ahmm… Colline… I… I…"
"You what?"
"I like you." Mito finally told her what he really wanted to say. He then lowered his head, and they stopped walking. There was complete silence afterwards. But Mito broke it.
"Please don't laugh at me. Please don't hate me. I just wanted to tell this to you." Mito lowered his head again. And there was another silence. But this time, it was Colline who broke it.
"I'm not laughing at you. I don't hate you either." Mito lifted his head up slowly after hearing Colline. And when he looked at her face, Colline gave him a sweet smile. Mito felt happiness in his heart after seeing her smile at him. Then the wind blew Colline's shiny, long, black hair. And Mito saw how beautiful she really was.
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Sorry for the very long waits. Got a lot of loads in school so there's no time to upload the next chapters. Anyway, you can catch up now with the next chapters. $;p
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