Ahah, there's a carnival down the street from my house right now!
Anyways, it's not done yet. We've still got a while to go. Don't let this chapter confuse you!
Chapter 18
"..You freaked out and ran down a different street?"
"Yeah." Oishi laughed nervously into the phone.
"But you did tell him, correct?"
"Yes. I told him. But he was giving me…that look."
"And what is that look?" Fuji asked his friend.
"…Well, you told me not to give away anything else… and…Echizen was about to start asking questions..or something..so.. I left."
"Right. Well, at least nothing else was given out. Thanks Oishi. But still..why were you down that street anyway?"
"Eiji and I aren't talking. I was taking a different way home."
"You're not talking to Eiji?"
"It's a long story.."
"Saa..why don't you tell me about it?"
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Momo rolled over in bed. He had started feeling sick after dinner, so he had gone to lie down. And now his cell phone was ringing. Just when he was about to fall asleep.
He was going to have to yell at who ever it was that was calling him now.
"What." He said, annoyed.
"Momo-Senpai?...It's Ryoma."
Momo's eyes grew wide. "Echizen?"
"Yeah.. Listen… Momo-Senpai…..."
"What is it?"
"..Oishi-Senpai said something to me today..and I called Eiji-Senpai about it, and he gave me your number.."
"Echizen, I don't care how you got my number… what's up?"
"…I…Do you like me, Momo-Senpai?"
…Momo said nothing.
"Sorry Momo-Senpai. I'll….I'll let you go.."
"N-no!"
"Okay…"
"Echizen….Erm..Ryoma.. Yeah. I do…Sorry if it bothers you or something."
"It doesn't bother me, Senpai."
"…Really?"
"Really."
"…Oh…So…what do you…"Momo trailed off…
"What do I what?"
"What do you think about me?"
It was Ryoma's turn to be quiet.
"Okay.. I… I understand.." Momo said after about a minute.
"No, Senpai… I…I like you too. It's just that something happened to me a few months ago…And I'm just not ready for anything right now…. You understand?"
"…Yeah. I understand." Momo said slowly. "But what happened?"
"..I'm not ready to talk about it yet either…sorry."
"Okay…so…maybe in the future?"
"Yeah… Maybe in the future."
"Ech-Ryoma?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for telling me. But I'm going to go to sleep now. I'm sick. And I have practice tomorrow morning. Rankings, you know. I have to make regulars sooner or later.."
He could almost tell Ryoma had a smirk on his face. "Good Night, Momo. Feel better. And good luck."