Chapter Two: Questions

Satoshi glared quietly at the annoying fan girls that always seemed to stalk him. He hated them, with an undying passion. He didn't know why they obsessed over him so badly, but they did, and he was sick of little pink notes falling out of his shoe locker every morning.

It was such a hassle to throw them all away.

It was a little creepy too, to have people stalking you. Sighing, he ignored it as always, but decided to loose them by walking into the boy's bathroom and opening the window and climbing out, so he could enjoy his lunch period in peace. Students at their school had the advantage to sit outside if they so wished to, and he often took up that offer and chose a bench next to a cherry blossom tree. There he would eat his purchased bento box in peace.

But this afternoon, he saw someone sitting on his bench. Sighing again, he was about to walk away from it to find somewhere else, when he saw that it was none other than Risa Harada. 'Space Case Harada' was what Takeshi often called her. Satoshi always dismissed his teasing of her as a misplaced crush. After all, who would find Harada attractive…?

Okay, he decided, that wasn't the appropriate question. Risa Harada was indeed, very attractive. She was feminine, completely unlike her twin, and she had a certain way to her smile that made others around her smile as well. Well, everyone except Satoshi. He saw this attractiveness very clearly, as he saw her light hair caress gently into the wind, the yellow ribbon she had chose tangling slightly in the locks. The more appropriate question was, 'Was Harada date-worthy?'

He decided to sit down next to her, despite his internal follies.

"Hiwatari?" Risa asked softly, looking at him surprised. Her eyes were slightly red, indicating she had been crying. This made Satoshi feel very uncomfortable very quickly.

"You've been crying?" He asked, nonchalantly, trying to sound as emotionless as possible. He had become very good at speaking this way. She looked at the ground though, and didn't answer. He took out his bento, and started to eat silently. She did the same with her own bento.

"Do you think I'm ugly?" she asked, almost three minutes after he had originally sat down. He looked up at her in surprise. What a stupid question. Of course not.

"Not particularly." He told her instead, ignoring the distinct undertones of the question. She nodded, but that answer didn't seem to satisfy her. Setting his set of chopsticks down, he inwardly sighed, knowing what he was about to say would be really embarrassing.

"Who would be stupid enough to think that of you?"

Risa smiled, her cheeks flushing, "Than you don't think I'm ugly?" She asked him, quietly. He glanced into her eyes deeply, and his fingers reached up to grab the yellow ribbon in her hair. Feeling the silky material under his fingers, he gave her the best smile he could. Nothing more than a gentle twitch, but she didn't miss it.

"I see you to be very beautiful, Harada-san." 'And,' he added to himself, 'very date-worthy.'