A Blooming Relationship

Yona and I go back a long time. I remember when we first met, I thought he was another icky boy. Hey now! Don't blame me, I was young and isn't this what kids used to do? I was around 5 when he and I first met. I was in the classroom, helping to clean up the chalkboard when he offered to assist me.

"Leave this task to a boy? Nuh-uh."

"You think I'm disorderly just because I'm a boy."

"Well of course you are. Don't deny it."

"How about I show it to you then?"

"No!"

The thought of a boy being more kept then me must've really irked me off at the time. I remember getting so flustered that I knocked over the paint bucket while chasing after him.

"Get back here you coward."

Heh, what a prankster he was. Later on I heard he was getting some sort of scholarship.

"What's a scholarship?"

"It's a grant by higher places of education to study. Think of it as getting into highschool when you're in elementary, or possibly even college. Why do I ask?"

"Well there's this boy in my class and I heard he received a scholarship."

"He must be one intelligent boy to pull that off."

Indeed, Yona was a bright kid. While his grades were about average there was no denying that he had a keen insight and his skills of observation were far beyond our age group.

"Honey, lunch is ready."

I better grab a bite to eat. I'll come back to this some other time

Log 1114

Today we had broiled vegetables and a baked chicken. Lunch was good and this cup of tea should stimulate my nerves. Ah~ refreshing. Now where was I…

"You're still here? But why?"

"If I accepted, it's unlikely I would ever get to see any of my friends again and besides. I'm still a kid, there's no need for me to haphazardly rush towards adulthood. I want to have fun, have someone I can relate to."

That's understandable. From what I heard from my grandma on my dad's side was that if Yona had decided to accept the offer to study at a higher place of education, then not only would the difficulty of the subject matter be adjusted as such, but so would the workload. To put it simply, despite being a child prodigy, Yona would rather spend his time socializing with his peers than fully harnessing his talents and intellect, not that he wasted sharpening his intellect though. It's such a shame that none of our school's tuition specifically tested skills relating to advance logic, keen observation, data collection- come to think of it, I think I have a rather good ideal what it was that senpai's prodigy lied in. Heh, why didn't I see it sooner? Even from an early age, it was clear that senpai knew a lot more than the average kid his peer age should or have reasons to know or comprehend.

"Whatcha doing?"

"Helping to jumpstart my uncle's motorcycle."

Come to think of it, even though Yona may be a prodigy, I'm still surprised his family let him handle something so dangerous as a child! Why, at just the age of 8 Yona was not only helping to repair some of the mechanical workings of his household's vehicles and various electrical appliances but he was also helping to neutralize various toxic compounds. It's amazing!

Er, actually now that I think about it, it's sort of disturbing. Why would his family allow for their son's life to get jeopardized? It's not right. Child prodigy or not, superior intellect or not, this is all so reckless! What if something went wrong? We'd have one less child genius on our hands. I suppose I'll never understand his parents' reasoning.

Years would pass and it wasn't until the last year of middle school that Yona would resurface in my life. As always, he was still the intellectual and adding on to his collection of growing skills he had apparently become fluent in 3 different languages, English, Russian and Pawnee. Not sure what the last one is though. I hear that it's some sort of obscure language that's dying out. Heh, kind of a useless language to know if not many people speak it. Anyways, it was around this time that certain instincts started kicking in for me.

"Hey, want to hang out sometime this week?"

"Sorry, no can do. I'm already booked out to help with the girls over at the Literature Club. Maybe some other time, Aoi. Monika really has me tied over for the weekend."

At first we weren't able to spend that much time together. As evolved however eventually I was able to schedule a couple of meet ups with him. Keep in mind that I had started seeing him as a friendly acquaintance and not exactly a friend just yet.

"So you're the boy our daughter's been talking about."

"Oh really? I didn't think that I was that noteworthy."

"Hahaha. He's even so modest."

"Stop it. You'll make me blush."

How I was embarrassed by my parents! Yeah, no doubt I talked about him, why wouldn't I? He was literally one of the most if not the most popular guys during our last year of middle school. He literally had flocks of girls following him around, vying for his attention. I admit that despite not seeing him as a friend or even a love interest during that time, I still felt a pang of jealousy towards the other girls.

"So have you two make out yet?"

"I wish. He keeps on trying to push it off."

"Weird. You don't think he's gay, do you?"

"I don't know. With him it's kind of hard to tell."

Yeah, no kidding. That guy would act friendly with everybody that you could never really be certain whether he was just saving face or if he even held any attraction. He was a bit of a flirt with everybody, though when push came to shove, he had the reported tendency to avoid all sexual contact, something I later found out the hard way.

"Woah, whoah! Isn't this a bit too early for that?"

"What do you mean? A girl is undressing herself for you and you want to-"

"It's not that, I don't mind. I just think we should really think this through before-"

"Ugh. Are you going to ravish me or what?"

"Ravish? But we've only been like friends since last week."

Heh. Isn't it ironic? Despite his nature of somewhat of a playboy, it would appear as though Doraaki Yona truly had no sexual experience. It didn't matter if you were a boy or a girl, you had no way of telling if he was even attracted to you and either way it wouldn't matter. I almost feel like I'm in some sort of harem anime, one where I have become smitten, the only difference being that senpai is not oblivious to our attraction towards him. Still, during the time we hung out I did find it a bit annoying that even for me, his neighbor, he still wouldn't indulge me in my fantasies. Ugh!

"Last week?! We've been seeing each other for over a month now! Gah! I can't believe you. Are you some kind of coward?"

"Yes."

I did not expect to hear him answer that. Wha- what is he afraid of anyways? He was always outgoing as a kid. I have no ideal what he has to be afraid of?

"You? A coward? Unbelievable. I don't date weaklings."

Looking back on it now, I think he was just saying that so I would dump him. Ah, how short our date was. It had only been about a month that we started to hang out. He even slept over a couple of times. Man, I don't know what got over me. Such moments I will look past upon and just laugh at myself for how naive I was. Fast forward now and I'm still a virgin. Yeah, I do entertain myself at times, but that doesn't count. I have yet to lie down with a man, or a woman. Actually, come to think of it, I wouldn't mind laying down with a woman if it came down to it. Senpai was never really the type to have much sexual attraction. I think he may even be, what's the word again? Hm, I'm not sure though if I did hook up with another girl, would it technically be sex? Hm, I'm not entirely sure. It's sort of fascinating to think about.

Ah, young love. I think, no, I'm in love. Senpai, preserve yourself for me. I want you, I shall have you to myself, senpai. Soon, Doraaki Yona and I will become one, our hearts combined together. May we make plenty of lovely memories together, my sweet love.